House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 2498.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3562):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2498, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
96804ae02c2126463b0f93b1f4e7b472ca087c61b9f9c52a2612408b814bdb95
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2498, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
John Delaney (D-MD), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James Renacci (R-OH), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Carney.
- H.R. 3784 (114th) SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016
- H.R. 1772 (114th) Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2015
- H.R. 2362 (114th) Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 1894 (114th) To authorize the extension of preferential tariff treatment for certain textile goods imported from Morocco.
- H.R. 2363 (114th) FAIR Student Credit Act of 2015
- H.R. 4409 (114th) Made in America Act of 2016
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.