House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. John Ratcliffe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 5, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 76.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RATCLIFFE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H48):Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 1 and 4 of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to legislation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 862 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 76, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/76
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5410fb6008e8686ebd1da2a902645873cadd9a46b86fee0c6d20266bfdfb1c6c
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
65 cosponsors — 65 Republicans
0 of 65 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Doug Collins (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Ratcliffe.
- H.R. 1616 (115th) Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017
- H.R. 6443 (115th) Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
- H.R. 1842 (115th) Strengthening Children's Safety Act of 2017
- H.R. 240 (115th) Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2017
- H.R. 239 (115th) Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2017
- H.Res. 814 (115th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
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.