House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 26, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1100.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 33, February 26, 2015, Page H1370):Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 240 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1100, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1100
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1100, last updated December 5, 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
145 cosponsors — 55 Republicans, 89 Democrats, 1 independent
55 of 145 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA) and 115 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.