House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BEATTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 4, January 9, 2015, Page H189):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 247, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/247
- 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. 247, 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joyce Beatty.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.