House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2193.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 64, April 30, 2015, Page H2772):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2193, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Democrats
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takano.
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- H.R. 2025 (114th) Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2015
- H.R. 3991 (114th) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Education Relief and Restoration Act of 2015
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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.