House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 99.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 1, January 3, 2017, Page H49):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 99, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/99
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
396e1893bdd4c75064a530a2b61582ef7357f2ecc61c4e90cbde3ac439bd3ace
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. 99, 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
40 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 38 Democrats
2 of 40 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), A. McEachin (D-VA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julia Brownley.
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- H.R. 103 (115th) Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act
- H.R. 93 (115th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for increased access to Department of Veterans Affairs medical care for women veterans.
- H.R. 4145 (115th) Protect Victims of Crime Act
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.