House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
- Committee actionDec 4, 2013
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 915.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 915, a bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes” on December 20, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 4, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2013 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44983
- CBO publication date
- December 20, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 915, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/915
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-329 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on January 23, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 23, 2014 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/329
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 915, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/915
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f75773992df702e67cde0a0602a3924f5ee93b0811b280d9bab28f3360f2cd7f
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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. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H817):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8; Article IV, Section 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 915, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/915
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f75773992df702e67cde0a0602a3924f5ee93b0811b280d9bab28f3360f2cd7f
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.230, which became Public Law 113-78 on 1/24/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- H.R. 915, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/915
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f75773992df702e67cde0a0602a3924f5ee93b0811b280d9bab28f3360f2cd7f
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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
73 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 56 Democrats, 1 independent
16 of 73 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
John Barrow (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
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.