House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2014
- Committee actionMay 8, 2014
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2014 · 325–98
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 5, 2014 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4435.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4435, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015” on May 16, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on May 13, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45377
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4435, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4435
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-446 ↗; H. Rept. 113-446,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on May 19, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2014 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/446
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/446 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4435, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4435
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ccf48e2a11c8619aaf49ccba33cea8b00c278bd10f2006f05b9cb2d7fc8f8a9
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McKEON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3143):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``to provide for the common Defence'', ``to raise and support Armies'', ``to provide and maintain a Navy'' and ``to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces'' as enumerated in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 343 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4435, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4435
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ccf48e2a11c8619aaf49ccba33cea8b00c278bd10f2006f05b9cb2d7fc8f8a9
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.3979, which became Public Law 113-291 on 12/19/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
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- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4435, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4435
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ccf48e2a11c8619aaf49ccba33cea8b00c278bd10f2006f05b9cb2d7fc8f8a9
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
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- H.R. 5742 (113th) Soledad Canyon Settlement Act
- H.Res. 441 (113th) Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3304, with an amendment.
- H.Con.Res. 121 (113th) Providing for a correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3979.
- H.Con.Res. 123 (113th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3979.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.