House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Comstock R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3585.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 137, September 22, 2015, Page H6189):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 158 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3585, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3585
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Comstock.
- H.R. 4755 (114th) Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act
- H.R. 1119 (114th) Research and Development Efficiency Act
- H.Con.Res. 7 (114th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 4846 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child tax credit.
- H.R. 4102 (114th) Student Loan Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 5030 (114th) To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
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.