House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-31
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee actionJun 22, 2015
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2015 · 402–0
- Passed SenateJun 22, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 7, 2015
- To the PresidentJul 9, 2015
- Became lawJul 20, 2015
Latest action: Jul 20, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-31.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 91.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H46):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 91, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/91
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5789b02e46f399e99693ee0929ef76d3a42a2b6495dab3cf38f700cb1cbcc893
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 4, 2026). 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
82 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 35 Democrats, 1 independent
36 of 82 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joe Barton (R-TX), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 3957 (114th) Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016
- H.R. 5456 (114th) Family First Prevention Services Act of 2016
- H.R. 2582 (114th) Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 2506 (114th) Seniors' Health Care Plan Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 5169 (114th) What Works to Move Welfare Recipients into Jobs Act
- H.Res. 451 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Sergeant Charles Martland, a decorated member of the Special Forces, should be…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.