House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 13, 2015 · 250–175
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 185.
- 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. 2, January 7, 2015, Page H104):Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 to 17, and Section 9, Clauses 1 to 2, 4, and 7 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of specific legislative powers granted to Congress by those sections, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,211 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 185, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/185
- 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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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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 185, last updated April 7, 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
21 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 21 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Doug Collins (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), George Holding (R-NC), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN), Tom Marino (R-PA), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Tom Rice (R-SC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lamar Smith (R-TX), David Trott (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Goodlatte.
- H.R. 6130 (114th) Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016
- H.R. 5063 (114th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016
- H.R. 1656 (114th) Secret Service Improvements Act of 2016
- H.R. 1927 (114th) Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2016
- H.R. 2288 (114th) To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2830 (114th) To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.