House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2188.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 64, April 30, 2015, Page H2772):Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 288 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2188, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2188
- 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. 2188, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Democrats
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
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- H.R. 4236 (114th) Financial Security Credit Act of 2015
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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.