House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2905.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 103, June 25, 2015, Page H4772):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2905, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2905
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37ef2f57266d5d938295df84f3c45c533a318f3279c43601238cd331e4acdaa9
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
47 cosponsors — 47 Republicans
0 of 47 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Carter (R-TX), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), John Fleming (R-LA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Luke Messer (R-IN), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Scott Perry (R-PA) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.