House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1986.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROUZER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2465):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 192 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1986, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
428284cd18939b685be0f34f34fbc51bbb7b3da0fa2e84b110d8924b41179b79
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. 1986, 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
29 cosponsors — 29 Republicans
0 of 29 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rod Blum (R-IA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Luke Messer (R-IN), Candice Miller (R-MI), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Steve Russell (R-OK), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Jason Smith (R-MO), Mark Walker (R-NC), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Ted Yoho (R-FL), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
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.