House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Educational Opportunities Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1511.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Pages H1805-H1806):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 210 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1511, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1511
- 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Luke Messer (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Rokita.
- H.R. 511 (114th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
- H.R. 5003 (114th) Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
- H.R. 1086 (114th) General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 2500 (114th) Voluntary Protection Program Act
- H.R. 4362 (114th) State Health Flexibility Act of 2016
- H.R. 1003 (114th) RAISE 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.