House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 14, 2015 · 271–154
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 37.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H44):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 37, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/37
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 April 7, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Steve Stivers (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 5594 (114th) National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act
- H.R. 1694 (114th) Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1655 (114th) Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015
- H.R. 911 (114th) Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 2920 (114th) Captive Primate Safety Act
- H.R. 2350 (114th) Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act
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.