House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 919.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1084):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 919, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/919
- 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.
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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
48 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 33 Democrats
15 of 48 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Charles Dent (R-PA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), James Himes (D-CT), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Al Lawson (D-FL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Brian Mast (R-FL), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Thompson.
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- H.Res. 164 (115th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
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.