House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Truth in Obamacare Advertising Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOMACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 12, January 26, 2015, Page H583):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have the Power . . . to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution into the government of the United States, or in any department of officer thereof Article I, Section 9: No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 533 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), J. Hill (R-AR), David Jolly (R-FL), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Pete Olson (R-TX), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
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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.