House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
America's FOCUS Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 18, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1360.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FATTAH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 43, March 13, 2015, Page H1635):Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, the Congress shall have the power ``[t]o regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 218 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1360, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1360
- 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
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Donald Payne (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah.
- H.R. 1672 (114th) REDEEM Act
- H.Con.Res. 10 (114th) Recognizing the challenges and burdens associated with the rising costs of a college education.
- H.R. 1359 (114th) American Dream Accounts Act
- H.R. 2736 (114th) Youth Mental Health Research Act
- H.R. 1070 (114th) Student Bill of Rights
- H.R. 1071 (114th) Fiscal 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.