House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Committee actionJul 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2015 · 249–177
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2015 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 511.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 511, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015” on August 25, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 22, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50776
- CBO publication date
- August 25, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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: H. Rept. 114-260 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 10, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2015 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/260
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 11, January 22, 2015, Page H534):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 511, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/511
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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
54 cosponsors — 52 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 54 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rod Blum (R-IA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Kline (R-MN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), John Moolenaar (R-MI) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Rokita.
- H.R. 5003 (114th) Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016
- H.R. 1086 (114th) General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 2500 (114th) Voluntary Protection Program Act
- H.R. 4362 (114th) State Health Flexibility Act of 2016
- H.R. 1003 (114th) RAISE Act
- H.R. 1511 (114th) Educational Opportunities 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.