House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 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. 882.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H983):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 882, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/882
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ed35a24f02aff6ce4cd79c80e94570084c527ec9105a5d47e63c42d212a3e01
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. 882, 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
51 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 49 Democrats
2 of 51 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes.
- H.R. 3680 (114th) Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016
- H.R. 20 (114th) Government By the People Act of 2015
- H.R. 3579 (114th) Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
- H.R. 4206 (114th) 21st Century Power Grid Act
- H.R. 4234 (114th) Primary Care Physician Reentry Act of 2015
- H.R. 6324 (114th) No Lobbyists on Presidential Transition Teams Act
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.