House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2015 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 732.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H813):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, to make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 141 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 732, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/732
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 732, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
26 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
7 of 26 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Michael Honda (D-CA), David Jolly (R-FL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), John Kline (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Sander Levin (D-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Mark Takai (D-HI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 387 (114th) Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 4150 (114th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act
- H.R. 388 (114th) Wounded Veterans Recreation Act
- H.R. 1009 (114th) Wildfire Prevention Act of 2015
- H.R. 1005 (114th) Renewable Energy Jobs Act
- H.R. 1006 (114th) Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.