House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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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 Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4223.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Page H9271):Clause 1 of Section 8 or Article 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4223, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 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
48 cosponsors — 48 Democrats
0 of 48 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and 18 more.
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.