House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1429.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 46, March 18, 2015, Page H1770):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 245 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1429, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1429
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1429, last updated August 12, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Richard Hanna (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 3956 (114th) VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act
- H.R. 3714 (114th) Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015
- H.R. 2523 (114th) American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act
- H.R. 5231 (114th) Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act
- H.R. 5733 (114th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Guaranteed Loan Modernization Act of 2016
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.