House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
STRONG Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 4, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2227.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 65, May 1, 2015, Page H2794):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2227, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
50de74954cb39301e2cb308ee6b12979e53562e52b5e6f8dddda90afc5746cbe
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
21 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Denny Heck (D-WA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), James Langevin (D-RI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James Renacci (R-OH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
- H.R. 1047 (114th) Housing Assistance Efficiency Act
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- H.Res. 297 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the first full week of May as "National Mental Health No Stigma Week".
- H.R. 508 (114th) SUPER Act of 2015
- H.R. 1713 (114th) Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2015
- H.R. 2861 (114th) Veteran Employment Transition Act
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.