House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 468.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H472):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Commercial ActivityRegulationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 468, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/468
- 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
46 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 46 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Brian Mast (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Steven Palazzo (R-MS) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
- H.R. 2901 (115th) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Permanence Act of 2017
- H.R. 5192 (115th) Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act
- H.R. 5774 (115th) COACH Act of 2018
- H.R. 2842 (115th) Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
- H.Res. 695 (115th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1810 (115th) Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017
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.