House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 840.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 22, February 10, 2015, Page H918):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to the power of Congress to provide for the 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 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 840, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/840
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 840, last updated March 23, 2026. 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 — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
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.