House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1397.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEMING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 45, March 17, 2015, Page H1722):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Amendment 16 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 316 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1397, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1397
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1397, 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
36 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 36 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Dave Brat (R-VA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), Bill Flores (R-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Gwen Graham (D-FL), H. Griffith (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Robin Kelly (D-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Reid Ribble (R-WI) and 6 more.
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.