House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2016.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2466):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2016, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2016
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b468f8775b9eb7e1c593ced16394df8131e6458d8cff5bf582323e44402abdf3
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2016, last updated August 12, 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
86 cosponsors — 86 Democrats
0 of 86 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nita Lowey.
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- H.R. 3377 (114th) Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015
- H.R. 6208 (114th) Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2016
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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.