House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 297.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- 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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 297, last updated January 10, 2026. 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
56 cosponsors — 56 Democrats
0 of 56 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robin Kelly (D-IL), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.R. 876 (114th) NOTICE Act
- H.R. 1260 (114th) American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015
- H.R. 209 (114th) Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015
- H.R. 3781 (114th) Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 2103 (114th) Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act
- H.R. 5125 (114th) Corporate EXIT Fairness Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.