House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
POWER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2015
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 4, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2657.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. REED, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 89, June 4, 2015, Page H3915):Article 1, Section 8 and Amendment XVI of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2657, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2657
- 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. 2657, 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
47 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 47 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Michael Honda (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Mia Love (R-UT), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Tom Marino (R-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), David McKinley (R-WV) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Reed.
- H.R. 644 (114th) Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
- H.R. 1427 (114th) Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015
- H.R. 1002 (114th) Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 155 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the first Friday of October as "Manufacturing Day".
- H.Res. 207 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding establishing a National Strategic Agenda.
- H.Res. 675 (114th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
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.