House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Collins R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1859.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Page H2309):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1859, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1859
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
73 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 35 Democrats
35 of 73 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Robert Brady (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), H. Griffith (R-VA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Heck (R-NV) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Collins.
- H.R. 4372 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Rochester Street, Bergen, New York, as the Barry G. Miller…
- H.R. 3821 (114th) Medicaid DOC Act
- H.Res. 785 (114th) Recognizing the Boy Scouts of America for its long history of service on the 100th anniversary of the day it was granted a Federal charter.
- H.R. 2218 (114th) REVAMP Act of 2015
- H.R. 1488 (114th) Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 96 (114th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the President from making recess appointments.
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.