House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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. 2855.
- 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. 101, June 23, 2015, Page H4592):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2855, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6f67aacef719c3ab5c268e55148ce4a0e74f1a19292937140cb2623ba814341
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. 2855, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Democrats
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 3350 (114th) Know the CBRN Terrorism Threats to Transportation Act
- H.R. 2536 (114th) TREAT Act
- H.R. 2169 (114th) Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 3852 (114th) To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the benefits of solar net energy metering, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 307 (114th) Condemning the Republic of the Sudan for its actions to pardon Mubarak Mustafa, who was responsible for the escape of two men convicted of…
- H.R. 1496 (114th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the access to child care for certain veterans receiving health care at a facility of the…
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.