House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2457.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 77, May 19, 2015, Page H3390):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare Clause) Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 (Territories Clause) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2457, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2457
- 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. 2457, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Timothy Walz (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
- H.R. 2615 (114th) Virgin Islands of the United States Centennial Commission Act
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- H.Res. 453 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Government should provide additional relief and assistance to…
- H.R. 2116 (114th) Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2015
- H.R. 5163 (114th) Territorial Economic Growth and Recovery Act of 2016
- H.R. 2117 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits taxes covered over to the Virgin…
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.