House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →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 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 310.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):Article I, Section 8--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof. Article I, Section 9--No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 495 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 310, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 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
41 cosponsors — 41 Republicans
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Diane Black (R-TN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Collins (R-NY), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Luke Messer (R-IN), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Pete Olson (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Billy Long.
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- H.R. 2452 (114th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to facilitating dissemination of health care economic information.
- H.R. 311 (114th) Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
- H.R. 5068 (114th) HHS Data Protection Act
- H.R. 2479 (114th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the issuance of up-to-date regulations and guidance applying to the…
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.