House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3638.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 141, September 29, 2015, Page H6705):Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States;'' Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 3: ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the several States . . .'' Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 346 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3638, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
367490433dbff7947480d826e7a1ac132285393e0c23a6357459125daee3afde
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. 3638, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Robert Dold (R-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.
- H.R. 4583 (114th) To promote a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce.
- H.Res. 589 (114th) Establishing the Select Committee on Excessive Use of Police Force.
- H.R. 3888 (114th) Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015
- H.R. 275 (114th) To establish a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, to make…
- H.R. 580 (114th) Data Accountability and Trust Act
- H.R. 3306 (114th) POWER Cuba 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.