House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

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H.R. 1073Introduced Feb 25, 2015Policy area: Emergency Management

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 25, 2015
Committee actionJun 25, 2015
Passed HouseNov 16, 2015 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 17, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1073.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1073, Critical Infrastructure Protection Act” on July 15, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50391
CBO publication date
July 15, 2015
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1073, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1073
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-240 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on August 4, 2015.
Source: Congress.gov, reported August 4, 2015 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/240
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1073, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1073
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 32, February 25, 2015, Page H1165):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2015 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1073, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1073
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6532757152ae9fc37efd2a3f8a83cd5d87abb9bac91ebed4ac76bf8f909da6d0
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Sent to: Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1073, last updated April 7, 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

19 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Brian Babin (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), David Roe (R-TN), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Randy Weber (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.

Sponsor’s state and district

Arizona in Congress · AZ-8 district

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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.