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: Jan 27, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 719.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 14, January 27, 2017, Page H703):Article 1 Secction 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 719, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
95 cosponsors — 95 Republicans
0 of 95 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Ted Budd (R-NC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Doug Collins (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), John Curtis (R-UT), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX) and 65 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.