House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2403.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 76, May 18, 2015, Page H3310):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 217 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2403, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2403
- 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.
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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
87 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 1 independent
40 of 87 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mike Doyle (D-PA) and 57 more.
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.