House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4189.
- 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. 177, December 8, 2015, Page H9080):Article I, Section 8--To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations . . .Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 8, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4189, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7bdfa245cd19c47defd01dc771d60d5aae370bd2f0033d396fe8182ef7a19bf9
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. 4189, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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.