House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2628.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARENTHOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 88, June 3, 2015, Page H3878):Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 13 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2628, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6ed8d95a28016c330446422ef9f49154794b2ef9d058069cc367cb676e35f2b
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. 2628, 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
12 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 12 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Carter (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), J. Hill (R-AR), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Ted Poe (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Blake Farenthold.
- H.R. 2745 (114th) Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015
- H.R. 526 (114th) Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015
- H.R. 2304 (114th) SPEAK FREE Act of 2015
- H.R. 2032 (114th) GSA Act of 2015
- H.R. 1199 (114th) Innocent Sellers Fairness Act
- H.Res. 102 (114th) Expressing support for designation of September 25, 2015, as "National Pediatric Bone Cancer Awareness Day".
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.