House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1009.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1071):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1009, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1009
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1009, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 387 (114th) Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 4150 (114th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act
- H.R. 732 (114th) Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act
- H.R. 388 (114th) Wounded Veterans Recreation Act
- H.R. 1005 (114th) Renewable Energy Jobs Act
- H.R. 1006 (114th) Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
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.