House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 2, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3870.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKAI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 162, November 2, 2015, Page H7390):Article I, Section VIII of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 2, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3870, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
018ce742e649a47f7aeab594b9bc849ccd521d02594593d8a16a1c07aafb0e4b
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3870, last updated December 5, 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
102 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 81 Democrats
21 of 102 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 72 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takai.
- H.Con.Res. 115 (114th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.
- H.Res. 169 (114th) Acknowledging and honoring brave young men from Hawaii who enabled the United States to establish and maintain jurisdiction in remote…
- H.R. 483 (114th) Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2015
- H.R. 4652 (114th) CLEAR Act
- H.R. 4811 (114th) Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2016
- H.Res. 206 (114th) Expressing support for designation of April 2015 as "National Learn to Swim Month".
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.