H.Res. 447: Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Department of Homeland Security policies and activities relating to businesses owned or controlled by President Donald J. Trump.
Before you vote › Federal bills
H.Res. 447: Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Department of Homeland Security policies and activities relating to businesses owned or controlled by President Donald J. Trump.
115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-14 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
federal
Follow this bill, step by step
- Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 74. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Department of Homeland Security policies and activities relating to businesses owned or controlled by President Donald J. Trump.
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any DHS document or communication that refers or relates to: a payment to a business owned or controlled by Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization or any of its subsidiaries, or any member of the Trump family in the past three years; an expenditure by DHS for services or goods from a business owned or controlled by Donald J. Trump, the Trump Organization or any of its subsidiaries, or any member of the Trump family; costs to DHS associated with the protection of Donald J. Trump or any member of his family or the Trump Organization while on international travel that has not been documented by DHS as in furtherance of the U.S. government; and costs to DHS associated with Eric Trump's trips to Uruguay in January 2017, the Dominican Republic in February 2017, or the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in April 2017 or with trips by Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump to the United Arab Emirates in February 2017or Canada in February 2017.
Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
What a vote does
A “Yea” vote
A Yea supports adopting this resolution.
A “Nay” vote
If it is not passed, current law stays as it is.
PSI Sci description of the legislative step (not an opinion).
What does this mean? (plain words)
Official text
Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Department of Homeland Security policies and activities relating to businesses owned or controlled by President Donald J. Trump.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
AI explanation – may be wrong, check the official text
No AI explanation yet. It takes up to a minute to write and is then saved for everyone.
Limited to a few requests an hour per person.
The strongest published arguments
Arguments for (supporters)
Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
Arguments against (opponents)
Needs sources: no published arguments on this side yet. We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
Alternatives
Needs sources: no published alternatives yet (for example a different bill, a law instead of an amendment, or keeping current law). We only show items backed by a published source. Suggest one.
How did my representative vote? · This bill's floor votes
Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · 7 cosponsors
Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.
Cosponsors on this site
Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] reported raising $955,740 (2023–2024). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
Agencies named in this bill
- Department of Homeland Security: its federal spending and other bills that name it
Found automatically: the agency's full official name appears in the bill title. A bill can affect agencies it does not name, so this list may be incomplete.
No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.
Words on this page, explained (3)
- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
- A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.
Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres447.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>
Record fed-us-cong115-hres447 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115