House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8153):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3945, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3945
- 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 2496 (114th) Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act
- H.R. 1356 (114th) Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 4251 (114th) Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Health Act
- H.R. 4683 (114th) Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016
- H.R. 3628 (114th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 4684 (114th) Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act
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.