House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity 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: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1287.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSANTIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1287, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1287
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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 — 32 Republicans
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Dave Brat (R-VA), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Mia Love (R-UT), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Mark Walker (R-NC), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC) and 2 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.