House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 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. 1441.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 46, March 18, 2015, Page H1770):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1441, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
212684cbb87ca0fa5ebf3ad045bcd9f488e169ba009c5d4a1d090c0a8387031d
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. 1441, 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
29 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 22 Democrats
7 of 29 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
- H.R. 4742 (114th) Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act
- H.R. 752 (114th) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
- H.R. 2894 (114th) CARE for All Veterans Act
- H.R. 1375 (114th) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 132 (114th) SCOTUS Resolution
- H.R. 478 (114th) Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015
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.