House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4214.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Pages H9270-H9271):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4214, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af61f2239543f62012b48f4c452269c701b4ea05b85307aa10a930bae1f37f3a
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 March 23, 2026). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (114th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March.
- H.R. 2978 (114th) Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1807 (114th) Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1435 (114th) Supportive School Climate Act of 2015
- H.R. 2408 (114th) Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
- H.R. 5737 (114th) Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency 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.