House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Senior and Retired Volunteers Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2885.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TSONGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 102, June 24, 2015, Page H4651):Amendment XVI to the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2885, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2885
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
946546a8d18bf065837d099fcb56854ff59213921400332da96b883df8b24d15
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.
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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 — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Capuano (D-MA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), William Keating (D-MA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Richard Neal (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Niki Tsongas.
- H.R. 632 (114th) U.S. Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society Recognition Act of 2015
- H.R. 4935 (114th) Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act
- H.R. 3707 (114th) Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2015
- H.R. 3916 (114th) No Taxpayer Money for Corporate Campaigns Act of 2015
- H.R. 5371 (114th) Lowell National Historical Park Creative Partnerships 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.