House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Congress is Not a Career Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jan 22, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. 507.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUGENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H534):Clause 1 of Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution as amended by the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. This section of the Constitution allows Congress to set their own compensation so long as new representatives have been elected.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 237 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 507, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/507
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Nugent.
- H.R. 402 (114th) National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015
- H.R. 731 (114th) Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015
- H.R. 1545 (114th) Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 1505 (114th) Veterans Eagle Parks Pass Act
- H.R. 3388 (114th) SOLDIER Act
- H.R. 3170 (114th) Student Debt Repayment Fairness 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.