House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 8, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2980.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 105, July 8, 2015, Page H4956):Article I, Section 8. ``The Congress shall have the power . . . to coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2980, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1836dfe2864bb1600348ca39ff53f0b76db45b8273e6f7b787d79ee597fe6476
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. 2980, 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
53 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 31 Democrats
22 of 53 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Culberson (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Steve Israel (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Steve King (R-IA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Foster.
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- H.R. 5287 (114th) Medicaid Coverage for Addiction Recovery Expansion Act
- H.Res. 605 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Office of Technology Assessment should be reestablished.
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.