House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 794.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 17, February 1, 2017, Page H878):This proposal is introduced pursuant to Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 794, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 794, last updated August 11, 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
49 cosponsors — 49 Democrats
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Val Demings (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA) and 19 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.