House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2739.
- 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. 93, June 11, 2015, Page H4242):This states that, ``Congress shall have power to . . . lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2739, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2739
- 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. 2739, 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
123 cosponsors — 61 Republicans, 62 Democrats
62 of 123 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Delaney (D-MD), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL) and 93 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2540 (114th) Breast Cancer Patient Education 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.