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: Feb 27, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 842.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 22, February 10, 2015, Page H918):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 842, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
353c4f22ce64fbde8df0b3ff184cb24aed55501f09381a2da0f9deb6c1833281
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 842, last updated December 5, 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
265 cosponsors — 112 Republicans, 153 Democrats
153 of 265 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and 235 more.
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.