House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Chance Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3470.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 130, September 10, 2015, Page H5942):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3470, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
26 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 24 Democrats
2 of 26 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.
- H.R. 1557 (114th) Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2015
- H.R. 3231 (114th) Federal Intern Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 5920 (114th) Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act
- H.R. 2319 (114th) Electronic Message Preservation Act of 2015
- H.R. 3997 (114th) To amend MAP-21 to establish a veterans business enterprises program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 638 (114th) Recognizing the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks in honor of Women's History 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.