House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
FRESHER Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1460.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1804):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1460, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
89 cosponsors — 89 Democrats
0 of 89 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA) and 59 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.