House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee actionJun 2, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2507.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2507, Increasing Regulatory Fairness Act of 2015” on June 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50303
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2507, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2507
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-159 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 16, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/159
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2507, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2507
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6104):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 239 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2507, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2507
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
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- H.R. 3831 (114th) Securing Fairness in Regulatory Timing Act of 2015
- H.R. 1105 (114th) Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015
- H.R. 622 (114th) State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 880 (114th) American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015
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.