House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1282.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1282, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1282
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ed93db9e30157ae89945ecbc9c18cfd4bf2b6e1c0d4c47100e1e74aad1c6a867
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. 1282, 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
54 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 47 Democrats
7 of 54 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), James Himes (D-CT), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 4246 (114th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2302 (114th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
- H.R. 1538 (114th) CARERS Act of 2015
- H.R. 1674 (114th) Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 5073 (114th) EUREKA Act
- H.R. 5691 (114th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
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.