House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Cheri Bustos D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 26, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4734.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. As as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 212, December 26, 2017, Page H10428):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 135 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4734, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4734
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 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
38 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 30 Democrats
8 of 38 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), H. Griffith (R-VA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.