House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 26, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 468.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 468, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/468
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 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 August 10, 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
17 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 17 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), John Kline (R-MN), Luke Messer (R-IN), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Robert Scott (D-VA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Heck.
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- H.R. 5529 (114th) Accessing Higher Education Opportunities Act
- H.R. 373 (114th) Good Samaritan Search and Recovery Act
- H.R. 1816 (114th) Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2015
- H.R. 1401 (114th) JOLT Act of 2015
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.