House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Yoho R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 38.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOHO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H44):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the Power ``To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 161 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 38, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/38
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 38, 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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), J. Forbes (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Jolly (R-FL), David Joyce (R-OH), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Pete Olson (R-TX), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), David Roe (R-TN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Randy Weber (R-TX), Kevin Yoder (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Yoho.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.