House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee actionApr 23, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 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. 237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 237, FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2015” on May 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 23, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50160
- CBO publication date
- May 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 237, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 10, 11, and 15Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 237, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d82359b49d78087ee436f04e085e9c4d03ef38e6a7ab677a86268e879abef16f
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 237, last updated April 7, 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
10 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Ed Royce (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
- H.R. 3766 (114th) Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016
- H.Res. 660 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the territorial integrity of Georgia.
- H.R. 3654 (114th) Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015
- H.R. 181 (114th) Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
- H.R. 5422 (114th) To ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 37 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in the deaths of…
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.