House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-197
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2017
- Committee actionJun 20, 2018
- Passed HouseJan 16, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 20, 2018 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesJun 27, 2018
- To the PresidentJul 10, 2018
- Became lawJul 20, 2018
Latest action: Jul 20, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-197.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 770.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5: ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 770, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 770, last updated December 6, 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
31 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
16 of 31 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), James Cooper (D-TN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Charles Dent (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Jason Lewis (R-MN), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Bill Posey (R-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Roe (R-TN), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and 1 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.