House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1232.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1614):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 246 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1232, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1232
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
874920e367fdfc246b34dbb48ea5e065be8a786eda468609194a4c11ba6d1119
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
49 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 47 Democrats, 1 other
2 of 49 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA) and 19 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.