House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Committee actionJul 15, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2015 · 365–16
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 560.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1656.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1656, Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015” on July 31, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50698
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1656
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1656, Secret Service Improvements Act of 2016” on March 3, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on February 10, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 3, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51337
- CBO publication date
- March 3, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7d5453b3f8745d6cb5514331114b890b085cf07e745dc63526ef6a625cdea1c
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-231 ↗; S. Rept. 114-302 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/231
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/302 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7d5453b3f8745d6cb5514331114b890b085cf07e745dc63526ef6a625cdea1c
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODLATTE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2112):The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 142 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1656, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7d5453b3f8745d6cb5514331114b890b085cf07e745dc63526ef6a625cdea1c
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI).
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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.