House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Collins R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee actionJul 12, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 25, 2017 · 234–187
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 469.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017” on September 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 12, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53122
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 469, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 115-347 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 16, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/347
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 469, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H472):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, Article I,Section 8 of the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, Clauses 1, 3, and 18, and Article III of the UnitedStates Constitution, Section 2.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 469, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ted Budd (R-NC), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Steve King (R-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tom Marino (R-PA), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
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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.