House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1260.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1615):Article One, Section 8 and the 16th Amendment of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1260, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1260
- 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
146 cosponsors — 146 Democrats
0 of 146 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and 116 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.R. 876 (114th) NOTICE Act
- H.R. 209 (114th) Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015
- H.R. 297 (114th) Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
- H.R. 3781 (114th) Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 2103 (114th) Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
- H.R. 5125 (114th) Corporate EXIT Fairness 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.