House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 671.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H688):Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 10 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 671, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/671
- 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
165 cosponsors — 164 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 165 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and 135 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
- H.R. 672 (115th) Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
- H.R. 601 (115th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017
- H.R. 1438 (115th) Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act
- H.Res. 342 (115th) Recognizing the essential contributions of frontline health workers to strengthening the United States national security and economic…
- H.R. 1168 (115th) United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act
- H.R. 7108 (115th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community clinic in New City, New York, as the "Jerry Donnellan VA Community Clinic".
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.