House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a space-available transportation priority for veterans of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2264.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):Article I, section 8, clause XII-XIV of the Constitution of the United States, which gives Congress the authority to: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 341 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2264, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2264
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
56 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 56 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Brady (D-PA), John Carney (D-DE), David Cicilline (D-RI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Steve Israel (D-NY), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gus Bilirakis.
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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.