House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Meadows R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
- Committee actionFeb 2, 2017
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2017 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 679.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 679, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017” on February 16, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on February 2, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 16, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52428
- CBO publication date
- February 16, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 679, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-68 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 29, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 29, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/68
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 679, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
739d1c257fb9ba36974cc23d71238dff96ceac0e6c2a863dbc07c922ce749581
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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. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 13, January 24, 2017, Page H689):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 679, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
739d1c257fb9ba36974cc23d71238dff96ceac0e6c2a863dbc07c922ce749581
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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Steve Russell (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Meadows.
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- H.R. 2623 (115th) Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2017
- H.R. 3019 (115th) Promoting Value Based Procurement Act of 2017
- H.Res. 938 (115th) Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to provide certain documents in the Attorney General's possession to the House of…
- H.R. 3244 (115th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for annual surveys of Federal employees, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 680 (115th) Eliminating Pornography from Agencies 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.