House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
- Committee actionMar 25, 2015
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 901.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 901, Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act” on April 10, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 25, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50105
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 901, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
291fa433913f8bb7d943e85b12d87168ce5d2c140fce77b0eac8a9af43e07b80
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-415 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on February 4, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/415
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 901, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
291fa433913f8bb7d943e85b12d87168ce5d2c140fce77b0eac8a9af43e07b80
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H983):``The Congress shall have the 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 Department or Officer thereof.''--Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 291 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 901, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
291fa433913f8bb7d943e85b12d87168ce5d2c140fce77b0eac8a9af43e07b80
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 210 (114th) Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
- H.R. 6008 (114th) Transit Benefits Modernization Act
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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.