House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
National Heritage Area Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 581.
- 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. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H662):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 581, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/581
- 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
45 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 45 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Henry Johnson (D-GA), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), David Loebsack (D-IA), Sean Maloney (D-NY) and 15 more.
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. 484 (114th) Duplication Elimination 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.