House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Voluntary Protection Program Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2500.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3562):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2500, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2500
- 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
45 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 45 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jim Costa (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gene Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), David Price (D-NC) and 15 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Rokita.
- H.R. 511 (114th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
- H.R. 5003 (114th) Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
- H.R. 1086 (114th) General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 4362 (114th) State Health Flexibility Act of 2016
- H.R. 1003 (114th) RAISE Act
- H.R. 1511 (114th) Educational Opportunities 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.