House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement 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 17, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 595.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):(1) to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) to make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 392 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 595, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 10, 2026). 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
74 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 36 Democrats
38 of 74 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.