House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Entrepreneurship and Investment Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2016 — Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-603.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 616.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POLIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H664):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 616, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/616
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 September 8, 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
24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats
10 of 24 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), David Jolly (R-FL), John Katko (R-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Mike Quigley (D-IL), James Renacci (R-OH), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), David Valadao (R-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Polis.
- H.R. 1324 (114th) Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2015
- H.R. 4510 (114th) Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act
- H.R. 846 (114th) Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015
- H.R. 1548 (114th) BREATHE Act
- H.R. 1978 (114th) Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015
- H.R. 2656 (114th) Receiving Electronic Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings 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.