House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1515.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2666):Article I, Sec. 8, clause 1, commonly referred to as the Spending Clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1515, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1515
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1515, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
43 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 39 Democrats
4 of 43 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Steve Israel (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.