House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Meehan R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2015 · 251–173
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3457.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 129, September 9, 2015, Page H5866):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3457, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3457
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
727b239c7d71f7ef35b02fae0c6504da3e9a3baa80a7fc4c227234bfe56c6be8
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.
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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
118 cosponsors — 118 Republicans
0 of 118 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) and 88 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.