House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 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. 4247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 182, December 15, 2015, Page H9328):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4247, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
198bdb92d211ccfd79dea825d4cbbf1b51e4c5641a10284c8c96dcfef1f9f867
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
129 cosponsors — 102 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 1 independent
27 of 129 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Diane Black (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL) and 99 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5292 (114th) Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
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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.