House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jan 3, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 60.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H48):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 60, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/60
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
219 cosponsors — 98 Republicans, 119 Democrats, 2 independents
120 of 219 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 189 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.