House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 444.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEUTCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H391):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. BySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 444, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 18 Democrats
2 of 20 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Vern Buchanan (R-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Theodore Deutch.
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- H.J.Res. 31 (115th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.
- H.R. 6649 (115th) 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2018
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- H.R. 3302 (115th) Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act
- H.R. 5849 (115th) Food Security Improvement Act of 2018
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.