House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Duplication Elimination Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jan 22, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 484.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H533):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 484, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/484
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
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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
28 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 28 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Jolly (R-FL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2029 (114th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 3537 (114th) Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016
- H.R. 4974 (114th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 1220 (114th) Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
- H.R. 836 (114th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 581 (114th) National Heritage Area 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.