House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 29, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4485.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 194, November 29, 2017, Page H9516):According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 441 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4485, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4f890606e4bb34fd6d39332ce32d2da87e6de3910547c2b227d1573471828849
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4485, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
26 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 22 Democrats
4 of 26 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Val Demings (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Norma Torres.
- H.Res. 145 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the fight against corruption in Central America.
- H.R. 3101 (115th) Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017
- H.R. 4506 (115th) Jobs for Tribes Act
- H.Res. 944 (115th) Expressing solidarity with and sympathy for the people of Guatemala after the June 3, 2018, eruption of the Fuego Volcano.
- H.R. 2545 (115th) Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.Con.Res. 50 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
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.