House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1078.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 32, February 25, 2015, Page H1165):Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution This states that ``Congress shall have power to . . . lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare fo the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1078, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1078
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1078, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
27 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 27 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Chris Collins (R-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Gene Green (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), David Valadao (R-CA), Mimi Walters (R-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Leonard Lance.
- H.R. 5111 (114th) Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016
- H.Res. 847 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a national strategy for the Internet of Things to promote economic growth and…
- H.Con.Res. 174 (114th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 34.
- H.R. 4111 (114th) Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2016
- H.R. 2739 (114th) Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
- H.R. 2540 (114th) Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015
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.