House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Murphy D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3793.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7090):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3793, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3793
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
- H.R. 456 (114th) Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act of 2015
- H.Res. 432 (114th) Expressing support for designating February 2016 as "National Spine Ability Month".
- H.R. 5254 (114th) Senior Accessible Housing Act
- H.R. 231 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
- H.R. 3679 (114th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
- H.R. 230 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.
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.