House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protect America Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4237.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZELDIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 180, December 11, 2015, Page H9307):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4237, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4237
- 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), John Katko (R-NY), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lee Zeldin.
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- H.R. 3070 (114th) EEZ Transit Zone Clarification and Access Act
- H.R. 3229 (114th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of Medicare competitive acquisition rates to complex…
- H.Con.Res. 51 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and…
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.