House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee actionMar 29, 2017
- Passed HouseApr 3, 2017 · 394–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 479.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 479, North Korea State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act of 2017” on March 31, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52568
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 479, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/479
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H472):Article 1, Section 8, Clause3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 479, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed3d7f2244da5138ee1ef05380701184275cd10d8b9780a7705619cc8bc505dd
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 committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 479, last updated December 6, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
- H.R. 2259 (115th) Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018
- H.R. 620 (115th) ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 2152 (115th) Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2018
- H.R. 425 (115th) FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2017
- H.R. 6219 (115th) Georgia Support Act
- H.R. 3415 (115th) Megan Rondini 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.