House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1299.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1299, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3c19bda8a81301ab0e6bdd3265c9dc14add5235e65f4cb9fe315c478e6f28519
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. 1299, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
88 cosponsors — 88 Republicans
0 of 88 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tom Graves (R-GA) and 58 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
- H.R. 2505 (114th) Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 1026 (114th) Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act
- H.R. 5317 (114th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham…
- H.R. 641 (114th) Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
- H.R. 765 (114th) Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015
- H.R. 1752 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
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.