House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1002.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1071):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution and Amendment XVI of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 121 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1002, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1002
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 August 12, 2025). 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
129 cosponsors — 63 Republicans, 65 Democrats, 1 independent
66 of 129 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA) and 99 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Reed.
- H.R. 644 (114th) Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
- H.R. 1427 (114th) Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 155 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the first Friday of October as "Manufacturing Day".
- H.Res. 207 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding establishing a National Strategic Agenda.
- H.Res. 675 (114th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
- H.R. 2657 (114th) POWER 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.