House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 8, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 65, May 1, 2015, Page H2794):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2228, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4be1d204f873432fcc6db403a593c6d159b35e96cfd33974507ed45caf97a6
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2228, last updated December 5, 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 1607 (114th) Ruth Moore Act of 2015
- H.R. 4245 (114th) To exempt exportation of certain echinoderms and mollusks from licensing requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
- H.R. 4184 (114th) Food Recovery Act of 2015
- H.R. 2553 (114th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015
- H.R. 4454 (114th) Chris Kotch VA Education Access Act
- H.R. 5277 (114th) Keep America's Waterfronts Working 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.