House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RENACCI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 55, April 16, 2015, Pages H2308-H2309):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence, and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes Article I, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 769 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1846, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1846
- 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. 1846, 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
33 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 33 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), James Cooper (D-TN), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), E. Rigell (R-VA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Robert Scott (D-VA) and 3 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.