House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Pets on Trains Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 674.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 18, February 3, 2015, Page H756):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 1 (relating to providing for the common defense and general welfare of the United States) and Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 289 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 674, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/674
- 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
33 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 24 Democrats
24 of 33 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham.
- H.R. 4465 (114th) Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016
- H.R. 6451 (114th) Federal Property Management Reform Act of 2016
- H.R. 4582 (114th) SOS Act
- H.Con.Res. 72 (114th) Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
- H.R. 4937 (114th) PIPES Act of 2016
- H.R. 1688 (114th) To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to designate 20 graduate medical education residency positions…
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.