House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 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. 2824.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 98, June 18, 2015, Page H4543):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2824, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2824
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
75bf24e70d6c2d516f367b20e9e2a8e0014543942c615676deacfb36a0c28a0d
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
11 cosponsors — 11 Democrats
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3675 (114th) Student Borrower Fairness Act
- H.R. 5764 (114th) Pell Grant Flexibility Act of 2016
- H.R. 5024 (114th) Clean Air and Vehicle Technology Accountability Act of 2016
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.