House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Candice Miller R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee actionJun 25, 2015
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2015 · 407–19
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2015 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 158.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015” on July 21, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50412
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 158, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-369 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 7, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/369
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 158, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H48):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 158, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f78e98b33ccc176311e7f7c0a9f8f323cefa150be00ba04df3821d92806efe6
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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
93 cosponsors — 64 Republicans, 28 Democrats, 1 independent
29 of 93 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Charles Dent (R-PA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bill Foster (D-IL) and 63 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.