House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1622.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, The Congress shall have 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 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 311 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1622, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1622
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1622, 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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), John Delaney (D-MD), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
- H.R. 4960 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 525 N Broadway in Aurora, Illinois, as the "Kenneth M. Christy…
- H.R. 4982 (114th) Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016
- H.R. 2980 (114th) Mayflower Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1123 (114th) Protecting Immigrants From Legal Exploitation Act of 2015
- H.R. 5287 (114th) Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act
- H.Res. 605 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Office of Technology Assessment should be reestablished.
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.