House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 29, 2017
- Committee actionNov 29, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 322.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4477.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4477, Fix NICS Act of 2017” on December 6, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53367
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4477, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4477
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 5, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/437
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4477, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c22f75090ea18d0501b86bfb1b07e4a1b3b0ead22b173cfc49dc253f2a9d54b8
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CULBERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 194, November 29, 2017, Page H9516):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4477, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4477
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c22f75090ea18d0501b86bfb1b07e4a1b3b0ead22b173cfc49dc253f2a9d54b8
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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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Culberson.
- H.R. 3267 (115th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
- H.R. 5952 (115th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.R. 546 (115th) No Resettlement Without Consent Act
- H.R. 5755 (115th) TOOLS to Rehabilitate Communities Act of 2018
- H.R. 6672 (115th) Republic of Texas Legation Memorial Act
- H.R. 4930 (115th) Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness 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.