House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Civil Rights Cities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1161.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 34, February 27, 2015, Page H1500):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1161, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1161
- 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.
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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
32 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 31 Democrats
1 of 32 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Price (D-NC), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Juan Vargas (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 3735 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya…
- H.R. 5530 (114th) HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act
- H.R. 4326 (114th) Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016
- H.Res. 128 (114th) Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit In.
- H.R. 4475 (114th) Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016
- H.R. 5560 (114th) Public Safety and Wildlife Protection 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.