House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Keeping our Travelers Safe and Secure Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2015
- Committee actionJun 25, 2015
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2015 · 380–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2770.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2770, Keeping Our Travelers Safe and Secure Act” on July 20, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on June 25, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50407
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2770, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-218 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 22, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2015 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/218
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2770, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 95, June 15, 2015, Page H4382):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution, which reads ``The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 208 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2770, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
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.