House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1546.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 48, March 23, 2015, Page H1849):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which states that Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 348 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1546, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1546
- 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 23 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
- H.R. 4119 (114th) Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act of 2016
- H.R. 810 (114th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 2039 (114th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017
- H.R. 4816 (114th) Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act of 2016
- H.Res. 582 (114th) Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.
- H.R. 281 (114th) Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014
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.