House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1594.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 49, March 24, 2015, Page H1901):Article 1 Section 8 The Congress shall have the power to provide for the common defense.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 88 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1594, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1594
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
166e4a4f48657deafb61c3270277e06d4a718f005cf640a7134aee5c105b948b
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1594, last updated August 12, 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
208 cosponsors — 108 Republicans, 99 Democrats, 1 independent
100 of 208 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH) and 178 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.