House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2408.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 77, May 19, 2015, Pages H3388-H3389):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 139 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2408, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e45ca086bcb8622efc0f3a00e2e77381a51f8d46b50937c93e4b260fac318d9
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2408, last updated December 5, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (114th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March.
- H.R. 2978 (114th) Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1807 (114th) Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1435 (114th) Supportive School Climate Act of 2015
- H.R. 4214 (114th) Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
- H.R. 5737 (114th) Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act
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.