House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3781.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7089):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 68 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3781, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), James Langevin (D-RI) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.R. 876 (114th) NOTICE Act
- H.R. 1260 (114th) American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015
- H.R. 209 (114th) Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015
- H.R. 297 (114th) Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
- H.R. 2103 (114th) Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
- H.R. 5125 (114th) Corporate EXIT Fairness 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.