House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
SCRUB Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2015
- Committee actionMar 24, 2015
- Passed HouseJan 7, 2016 · 245–174
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2016 — 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. 1155.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1155, SCRUB Act of 2015” on May 8, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50168
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1155, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1155
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-196 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 10, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2015 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/196
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1155, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1155
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14b4be530f16c2db3f2c12c466e7ca8dbb986f3cf78b24f5bea71912cc67f065
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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. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 34, February 27, 2015, Page H1500):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Sections 8 and 9 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,092 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1155, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1155
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
14b4be530f16c2db3f2c12c466e7ca8dbb986f3cf78b24f5bea71912cc67f065
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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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Doug Collins (R-GA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Tom Marino (R-PA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ted Poe (R-TX).
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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.