House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2998.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FINCHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 106, July 9, 2015, Page H5030):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2998, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2998
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
91537127a52740fe94a97e9053079c081b184c8a33f725c78705575f78a689d3
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2998, last updated August 12, 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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Steve Israel (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Ed Royce (R-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Fincher.
- H.R. 650 (114th) Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015
- H.R. 2064 (114th) Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act
- H.R. 597 (114th) Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.Res. 450 (114th) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 597) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2769 (114th) Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015
- H.R. 3611 (114th) Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization 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.