House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2523.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):Section 8, of Article 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2523, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2523
- 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
46 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 46 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Sam Graves (R-MO), Gene Green (D-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David McKinley (R-WV), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Robert Pittenger (R-NC) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Bost.
- H.R. 3956 (114th) VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act
- H.R. 3714 (114th) Small Agriculture Producer Size Standards Improvements Act of 2015
- H.R. 1429 (114th) Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015
- H.R. 5231 (114th) Requiring Accountability and Inspections for Dining Service Act
- H.R. 5733 (114th) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Guaranteed Loan Modernization 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.