House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2536, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
044f251cbf1bf95498b876c7c8be89400cef14b03cd3d13f6f04f0b374e9ca0c
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. 2536, 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
27 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 19 Democrats
8 of 27 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ben Luján (D-NM), David McKinley (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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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.