House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2246.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCALISE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 70, May 8, 2015, Page H2821):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, and Amendment II of the United States Constitution. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 205 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2246, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2246, last updated December 5, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Frank Guinta (R-NH), David Jolly (R-FL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), David Schweikert (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise.
- H.R. 734 (114th) Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 89 (114th) Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.
- H.R. 6176 (114th) Export Control Reform Act
- H.R. 6195 (114th) Free Speech Fairness Act
- H.R. 2557 (114th) Promoting New Manufacturing Act
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.