House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1538.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 48, March 23, 2015, Page H1849):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1538, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4744292603c31cf3d594d21ebe6e77d55bfba381fdf08312a0f0213c19d0c365
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. 1538, 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
43 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 1 other
14 of 43 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 4246 (114th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2302 (114th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
- H.R. 1282 (114th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 1674 (114th) Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 5073 (114th) EUREKA Act
- H.R. 5691 (114th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
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.