House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1655.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2112):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1655, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31229691ad23b58d8aef422ff1e26ed604e70890a5240c33b084a9b95f5e643e
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 March 23, 2026). 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
119 cosponsors — 50 Republicans, 68 Democrats, 1 independent
69 of 119 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chris Collins (R-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and 89 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 5594 (114th) National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act
- H.R. 37 (114th) Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act
- H.R. 1694 (114th) Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015
- H.R. 911 (114th) Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 2920 (114th) Captive Primate Safety Act
- H.R. 2350 (114th) Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act
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.