House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 742.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPEIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H814):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 742, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/742
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f41757b70089d4c738758c1d0b4996442241841520b960b0bfa510264d630c3
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
80 cosponsors — 79 Democrats, 1 independent
0 of 80 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jackie Speier.
- H.R. 4712 (114th) Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act
- H.J.Res. 51 (114th) Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment.
- H.R. 3411 (114th) Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
- H.R. 2680 (114th) HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act
- H.R. 2191 (114th) Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 36 (114th) Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution of 2015
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.