House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Background Check Completion Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3051.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 109, July 14, 2015, Page H5172):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3051, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3051
- 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.
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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
85 cosponsors — 85 Democrats
0 of 85 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Clyburn.
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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.