House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 21, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1457.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CROWLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1804):Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: ``The Congress shall have Power [. . .] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 252 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1457, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1457
- 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. 1457, 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
49 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 32 Democrats
17 of 49 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Doug Collins (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Tom Marino (R-PA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and 19 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.