House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Broadening Opportunities Through Education Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2371.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 75, May 15, 2015, Page H3253):Article I, Section I. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 173 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2371, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2371
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), John Garamendi (D-CA), James Langevin (D-RI), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donna Edwards.
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- H.R. 1775 (114th) Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
- H.R. 785 (114th) Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 36 (114th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the…
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.