House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2015
- Committee actionMar 4, 2015
- Passed HouseJan 27, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2015 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 460.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 460, Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015” on March 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50046
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 460, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 14, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/46
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 460, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H482):Amendment XIII Section 1, ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.'' Section 2, ``Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 328 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 460, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/460
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
24 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 24 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Ted Poe (R-TX), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Jackie Walorski (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Walker.
- H.R. 1640 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 4921 (114th) Ditto Act of 2016
- H.Res. 590 (114th) Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
- H.R. 3421 (114th) A PLUS Act
- H.R. 5904 (114th) Taxpayers Before Insurers Act
- H.R. 5319 (114th) Article I Regulatory Budget Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.