House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3848.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 159, October 28, 2015, Page H7332):Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3848, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
31e06ffe74755b4bdd85301e48bac39eeb614ea83ad165b049386c6671fab469
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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
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.