House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2588.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 86, June 1, 2015, Page H3642):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have the Power . . . To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 195 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2588, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2588
- 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. 2588, 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Earl Carter (R-GA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Doug Collins (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Tom Rice (R-SC), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
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.