House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Pete Olson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1320.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1617):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1320, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1320
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Billy Long (R-MO), Mia Love (R-UT), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4775 (114th) Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016
- H.R. 1388 (114th) Clean Air, Strong Economies Act
- H.R. 2043 (114th) Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 4614 (114th) Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2016
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.