House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5505.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OLSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7675):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5505, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5505, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
30 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 30 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Robert Latta (R-OH), Billy Long (R-MO), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Mike Pompeo (R-KS), John Shimkus (R-IL), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
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.