House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-75

Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015

H.R. 313Introduced Jan 13, 2015Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Became law on Nov 5, 2015.

Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Lynch D-MA

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 13, 2015
Committee actionJan 27, 2015
Passed HouseSep 28, 2015 · by voice vote
Passed SenateOct 26, 2015 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentOct 28, 2015
Became lawNov 5, 2015

Latest action: Nov 5, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-75.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 313.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 313, Wounded Warriors Federal Leave Act of 2015” on March 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on January 27, 2015”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2015 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 313, 114th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-180 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 25, 2015.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2015 ↗
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H.R. 313, 114th Congress
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April 7, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LYNCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗
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H.R. 313, 114th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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

33 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 27 Democrats

6 of 33 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Brad Ashford (D-NE), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Lynch.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-8 district

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