House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 23, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 460.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOUNG ofIowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H392):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 460, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). 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
11 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Robert Latta (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Young.
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- H.R. 2905 (115th) Justice for Victims of IRS Scams and Identity Theft Act of 2018
- H.R. 1734 (115th) Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017
- H.Res. 1066 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions should be retained in…
- H.R. 1419 (115th) Cold War Service Medal 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.