House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3160.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 115, July 22, 2015, Page H5403):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 1. Article. I. Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3160, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3160
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 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
34 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 27 Democrats
7 of 34 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Diane Black (R-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Juan Vargas (D-CA) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass.
- H.R. 469 (114th) Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015
- H.Res. 213 (114th) Condemning the April 2015 terrorist attack at the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, and reaffirming the United States support…
- H.Res. 251 (114th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system…
- H.Res. 733 (114th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system…
- H.R. 3641 (114th) Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act
- H.Res. 867 (114th) Expressing support for designation of September 2016 as "National Kinship Care Month".
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.