House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 23, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3785.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7089):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 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 this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 423 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3785, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3785
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d8515152733c8dfd664cb7c059e688f98df4a4173cef4e015e41a0fe706889a4
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
108 cosponsors — 108 Democrats
0 of 108 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN) and 78 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.