House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3421.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5775):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3421, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3421
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7f85c67320d92fcb04b6aad758c10af8d783b58a1c9127acbecc20521baa4c15
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3421, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
53 cosponsors — 53 Republicans
0 of 53 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Brat (R-VA), Ken Buck (R-CO), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Jody Hice (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Sam Johnson (R-TX), David Jolly (R-FL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Walker.
- H.R. 460 (114th) Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015
- H.R. 1640 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 4921 (114th) Ditto Act of 2016
- H.Res. 590 (114th) Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
- H.R. 5904 (114th) Taxpayers Before Insurers Act
- H.R. 5319 (114th) Article I Regulatory Budget 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.