House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 459.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H482):Article IV Section 3 clause 2 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 459, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/459
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
432a1c86f743720bcbb169243e655483348fa8c1887565089ffc83623025fcad
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. 459, 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
9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans
0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), David Roe (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton.
- H.R. 1553 (114th) Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015
- H.R. 1554 (114th) Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2015
- H.R. 2896 (114th) TAILOR Act of 2015
- H.R. 1089 (114th) Native American Indian Education Act
- H.R. 1830 (114th) Water Rights Protection Act
- H.R. 695 (114th) Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention 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.