House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Supporting Afterschool STEM Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 19, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 22, February 10, 2015, Page H917):The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 268 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 831, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/831
- 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
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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.