House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To reauthorize appropriations for the National Women's Rights History Project Act.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1721.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLAUGHTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2114):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1721, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1721
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
23 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 19 Democrats
4 of 23 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Chris Collins (R-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
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.