House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 2015
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3715.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3715, Final Farewell Act of 2015” on May 23, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51620
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3715, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 148, October 8, 2015, Page H6936):Art I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States--The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 331 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3715, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3715
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d30e1a9daa6a1968fb85b7041cc46dd8b53533d942784a91bb63c0f622b294d
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3715, last updated April 7, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Corrine Brown.
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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.