House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3579.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 135, September 18, 2015, Page H6180):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3579, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3375f8482f22d774e8762c3d2c1855c56dda374dff44588e345dcb55a69b3a9f
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3579, last updated August 12, 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
14 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 11 Democrats
3 of 14 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 3680 (114th) Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016
- H.R. 20 (114th) Government By the People Act of 2015
- H.R. 882 (114th) No Child Left Inside Act of 2015
- H.R. 4206 (114th) 21st Century Power Grid Act
- H.R. 4234 (114th) Primary Care Physician Reentry Act of 2015
- H.R. 6324 (114th) No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams 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.