House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 4, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 5, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 73.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H48):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2. The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all, needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 327 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 73, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/73
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2314793dc1e00ed66ab9f57477692a179b3d0cff02256ebf0733d08127f548ed
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 73, last updated April 7, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Duncan.
- H.R. 3469 (115th) To designate the bridge located in Blount County, Tennessee, on the Foothills Parkway (commonly known as "Bridge 2") as the "Dean Stone…
- H.Res. 35 (115th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to automated external defibrillator (AED) education in the Nation's schools
- H.R. 1339 (115th) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017
- H.R. 1568 (115th) Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2017
- H.R. 860 (115th) HEALTHIER Act of 2017
- H.R. 3009 (115th) Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017
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.