House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 27, 2015 · 410–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 469.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 1. Article. I. Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 469, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/469
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
60 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 37 Democrats, 1 independent
22 of 60 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Michael Honda (D-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), John Kline (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass.
- H.Res. 213 (114th) Condemning the April 2015 terrorist attack at the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, and reaffirming the United States support…
- H.Res. 251 (114th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system…
- H.Res. 733 (114th) Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system…
- H.R. 3641 (114th) Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act
- H.R. 3160 (114th) Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015
- H.Res. 867 (114th) Expressing support for designation of September 2016 as "National Kinship Care Month".
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.