House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 836.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 22, February 10, 2015, Pages H917-H918):Article 1 section 8 of the US consititutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 836, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/836
- 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
111 cosponsors — 104 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 111 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Robert Dold (R-IL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Christopher Gibson (R-NY) and 81 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2029 (114th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 3537 (114th) Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016
- H.R. 4974 (114th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 1220 (114th) Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
- H.R. 581 (114th) National Heritage Area Act of 2015
- H.R. 484 (114th) Duplication Elimination Act 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.