House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3628.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 140, September 28, 2015, Page H6307):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 800 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3628, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3628
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3628, 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 — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 2496 (114th) Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act
- H.R. 1356 (114th) Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 4251 (114th) Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Health Act
- H.R. 4683 (114th) Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016
- H.R. 4684 (114th) Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act
- H.R. 3945 (114th) Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 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.