House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSEN of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 65, May 1, 2015, Page H2794):As described in Article 1, Section 1 ``all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2224, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81a1a93f17700cb1098535c6ec461c799061a4f3d58cafa336e3beaa883b27b2
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 March 23, 2026). 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.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Larsen.
- H.R. 5957 (114th) Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
- H.R. 3364 (114th) America Votes Act of 2015
- H.R. 3365 (114th) Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015
- H.R. 1632 (114th) Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2015
- H.R. 1172 (114th) Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2015
- H.Res. 890 (114th) Expressing support for the Arctic Council and commemorating the Arctic Council 20th anniversary.
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.