House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Brenda Lawrence D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1900.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LAWRENCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 58, April 21, 2015, Page H2355):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 United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1900, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1900
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 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 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), John Conyers (D-MI), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brenda Lawrence.
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- H.R. 3834 (114th) GEAR UP for Counseling
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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.