House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1017.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H841):Clause 3 and clause 9 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Bankruptcy Venue ReformSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1017, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1017
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25651dc92fc766fe147fa5adddabe7b8ccbd1e746bfb54b09ef8892b6b2f7301
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 July 24, 2024). 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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Ken Buck (R-CO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Greg Stanton (D-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
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- H.R. 4319 (118th) Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.