House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 265.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Article I, Section 2Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 265, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/265
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e3d033423c5c1e46b94969a19a8a387e955ea6b56986181b446b94fdd42bd421
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 265, last updated August 12, 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
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- H.Res. 932 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to third-party charges on consumer telephone bills.
- H.Res. 769 (114th) Terminating a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.Res. 393 (114th) Expressing support for policies to protect and expand Social Security and secure its long-term future in a fair and responsible manner.
- H.R. 1602 (114th) Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 1340 (114th) International Violence Against Women Act of 2015
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.