House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness in Incarcerated Representation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3838.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 158, October 27, 2015, Page H7254):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3838, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3838
- 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.
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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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
- H.R. 1527 (114th) Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015
- H.R. 2052 (114th) Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2015
- H.R. 1700 (114th) Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act
- H.R. 5020 (114th) Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2016
- H.R. 3028 (114th) Grand Jury Transparency Act
- H.R. 544 (114th) Slain Officer Family Support Act of 2015
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.