House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2888.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 103, June 25, 2015, Page H4772):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2888, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
767b2128b967a1d6796264ced9c5801ce2dfe05801b690a3f331db9813bb5e79
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.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.R. 702 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- H.R. 546 (114th) ACE Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 2734 (114th) Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 666 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- H.R. 4942 (114th) DELIVER Act of 2016
- H.Con.Res. 82 (114th) Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the White House Fellows Program.
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.