House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Kerrie Orozco Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ASHFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 115, July 22, 2015, Page H5403):Article I, Section 8. The Congress shall have the Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 103 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3159
- 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Mia Love (R-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Timothy Walz (D-MN), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.J.Res. 83 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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- H.R. 5355 (114th) VOLT Act of 2016
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.