House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Fincher R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 27, 2015 · 313–118
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2015 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 282.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 597.
- 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. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 597, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c76361b996520891ff8d17e880d040ed13ac1a60b4c72b7ed45cbee205959a4
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 December 5, 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
61 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 61 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Sam Graves (R-MO), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Jolly (R-FL), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY) and 31 more.
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.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
- H.R. 2998 (114th) CLAIM Act
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.