House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Louie Gohmert R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1695.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Pages H2113-H2114):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States.'' The Parental Notification and Intervention Act specifically establishes a federal nexus in that it applies to ``any person or organization in or affecting interstate commerce.'' Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``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 the Constitution in the Government of the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,110 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1695, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6981c78850030c52d2bb304d2a45a50fd4f74fe726ed03bac4f56cdab914ec92
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.
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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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Randy Weber (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Louie Gohmert.
- H.R. 4167 (114th) Kari's Law Act of 2016
- H.Con.Res. 107 (114th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 6221 (114th) To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Don Stephens, President and Founder of Mercy Ships, in recognition of his 38 years of service as…
- H.Res. 410 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 does not apply to the Joint…
- H.R. 3165 (114th) Safer DC Act of 2015
- H.R. 5430 (114th) Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2016
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.