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 22, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2526.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAPUANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 143 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2526, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2526
- 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. 2526, 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
16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats
10 of 16 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), H. Griffith (R-VA), David Jolly (R-FL), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.
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- H.R. 446 (114th) Shareholder Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 5425 (114th) To require the President to designate a legal public holiday to be known as National First Responders Day.
- H.R. 4677 (114th) Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2016
- H.R. 3054 (114th) 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2015
- H.Res. 584 (114th) Urging the President to seek an independent investigation into the death of Tibetan Buddhist leader and social activist Tenzin Delek…
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.