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 Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3563):Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution This states that ``Congress shall have power to . . . lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay debts and provide for the common defense 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
- 260 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2540, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2540, last updated December 5, 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
40 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 23 Democrats
23 of 40 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Ami Bera (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Chris Collins (R-NY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), H. Griffith (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Doris Matsui (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), David Price (D-NC) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Leonard Lance.
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- H.Con.Res. 174 (114th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 34.
- H.R. 4111 (114th) Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2016
- H.R. 2739 (114th) Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act of 2015
- H.R. 1078 (114th) Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration 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.