House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 709.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 14, January 27, 2017, Page H702):Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 709, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/709
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 709, last updated August 11, 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 — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Mark Takano (D-CA), Niki Tsongas (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.
- H.R. 3093 (115th) Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act
- H.R. 376 (115th) Shareholder Protection Act of 2017
- H.R. 3569 (115th) Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2017
- H.R. 6326 (115th) Reunite Separated Families Act of 2018
- H.R. 2585 (115th) 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2017
- H.Res. 798 (115th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through the teaching of nonviolence.
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.