House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Highway Restoration 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 23, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1551.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 48, March 23, 2015, Page H1849):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ``To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1551, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1551
- 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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 other
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Dave Brat (R-VA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), David Jolly (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Tom Rice (R-SC), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Sanford.
- H.R. 664 (114th) Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015
- H.R. 4893 (114th) Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2016
- H.R. 5637 (114th) One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016
- H.R. 2185 (114th) Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 4637 (114th) Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act
- H.R. 6098 (114th) TRUTH in Government Act of 2016
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.