House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2015
- Committee actionApr 28, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2016 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2031.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2031, Anti-Swatting Act of 2015” on August 5, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 28, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51868
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2031, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2031
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 61, April 27, 2015, Page H2475):Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2031, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2031
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2208bdc6fd363d3848f377fa1746145c005f0c4cec39d653f529f82cb9e2f5a
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 committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2031, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 8 Democrats
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Norma Torres (D-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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.