House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2017 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4444.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 188, November 16, 2017, Page H9426):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is in the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes as enumerated in Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4444, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4444
- 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
174 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 160 Democrats
14 of 174 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Charlie Crist (D-FL) and 144 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Neal.
- H.R. 1235 (115th) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 5776 (115th) MOST Act
- H.R. 3234 (115th) Refund Equality Act of 2017
- H.R. 1172 (115th) Presidential Trade Transparency Act of 2017
- H.R. 822 (115th) Earned Income Tax Credit Improvement and Simplification Act 2017
- H.R. 4172 (115th) Give A HAND Act
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.