House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 242.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 242, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/242
- 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
78 cosponsors — 78 Democrats
0 of 78 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 217 (114th) Honoring the life and accomplishments of Henry Thomas Segerstrom and expressing condolences on his passing.
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.