House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2015
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2015 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 641.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 641, Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015” on February 6, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 6, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49933
- CBO publication date
- February 6, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 641, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-17 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on February 9, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/17
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 641, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b398fe966cc9379354706ea6d5359c7d1bcc02a59a6036c33f5d5fd6b19523e3
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 641, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/641
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b398fe966cc9379354706ea6d5359c7d1bcc02a59a6036c33f5d5fd6b19523e3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
54 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 54 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Tom Marino (R-PA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
- H.R. 2505 (114th) Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 1026 (114th) Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act
- H.R. 5317 (114th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham…
- H.R. 765 (114th) Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015
- H.R. 1752 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
- H.R. 1299 (114th) Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015
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.