House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 13, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 512.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr.YOHO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Title I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 128 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 512, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/512
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73931f87e74053ca0f61ed42ae0368259aef831066df7eeef14468e08edb200c
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 512, last updated December 5, 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
174 cosponsors — 120 Republicans, 52 Democrats, 2 independents
53 of 174 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI) and 144 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.