House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3136.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 114, July 21, 2015, Page H5331):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3136, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7997c88bbe385fc411bce77427b739fd1c106cdf6423b737b66c0e4033b17c27
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. 3136, 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
23 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 23 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bost (R-IL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Doug Collins (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Steve King (R-IA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Steve Russell (R-OK), Austin Scott (R-GA), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Mark Takai (D-HI), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rod Blum.
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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.