House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2218.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 65, May 1, 2015, Page H2793):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2218, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f31c287e004339af5f2b2f31cea08feae76badeae58fa48be1ad30a49da821f
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. 2218, 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
32 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 32 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Candice Miller (R-MI), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Collins.
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- H.R. 3821 (114th) Medicaid DOC Act
- H.R. 1859 (114th) Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015
- H.Res. 785 (114th) Recognizing the Boy Scouts of America for its long history of service on the 100th anniversary of the day it was granted a Federal charter.
- H.R. 1488 (114th) Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 96 (114th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the President from making recess appointments.
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.