House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Committee actionJul 29, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2015 · 255–174
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1210.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1210, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act” on September 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 29, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50856
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1210, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1210
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-330 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on November 16, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/330
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1210, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1210
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 36, March 3, 2015, Page H1566):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1210, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1210
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
54 cosponsors — 54 Republicans
0 of 54 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Rod Blum (R-IA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), J. Hill (R-AR), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Barr.
- H.R. 1259 (114th) Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act
- H.R. 1486 (114th) TABS Act of 2016
- H.R. 4166 (114th) Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act
- H.R. 3084 (114th) Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act of 2015
- H.R. 1603 (114th) Military SAVE Act
- H.R. 5276 (114th) No Bailouts for State, Territory, and Local Governments 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.