House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Global Health Innovation Act of 2015

H.R. 2241Introduced May 5, 2015Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedMay 5, 2015
Committee actionNov 5, 2015
Passed HouseDec 18, 2015 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 18, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2241.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2241, Global Health Innovation Act of 2015” on November 24, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 5, 2015”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 2015 ↗
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November 24, 2015
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H.R. 2241, 114th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIRES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 67, May 5, 2015, Page H2799):
Pursuant to clause 3(d) (1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee finds the authority for this legislation in article I, section 8 of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2015 ↗
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H.R. 2241, 114th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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 — 7 Republicans, 14 Democrats

7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), David Reichert (R-WA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Steve Stivers (R-OH).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Albio Sires.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-8 district

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