House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

HALOS Act

H.R. 79Introduced Jan 3, 2017Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Where it went

IntroducedJan 3, 2017
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseJan 10, 2017 · 344–73
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 11, 2017 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 79.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H49):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 79, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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September 21, 2026
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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.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 79, 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

15 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent

5 of 15 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Andy Barr (R-KY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Bill Posey (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Williams (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.

Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress · OH-1 district

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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.