House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
FLORICH Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2852.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 101, June 23, 2015, Page H4592):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2852, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2852, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
- H.R. 5577 (114th) Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
- H.Con.Res. 95 (114th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
- H.R. 3094 (114th) Gulf States Red Snapper Management Authority Act
- H.R. 5513 (114th) PROVE IT Act of 2016
- H.R. 2876 (114th) STORIS Act
- H.R. 4048 (114th) Syrian Refugee Verification and Safety 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.