House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H156):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 228, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
46 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 46 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Duncan (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Jolly (R-FL), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Marino (R-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo.
- H.R. 944 (114th) To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4239 (114th) Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act
- H.Res. 845 (114th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as National Estuaries Week.
- H.R. 416 (114th) Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2015
- H.R. 569 (114th) To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast…
- H.R. 763 (114th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.