House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 662.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 93 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 662, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/662
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1286562c5f09f3a0fcb8d53e6f48535cddff44e9829a9cc91a9d059393aeb648
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
169 cosponsors — 145 Republicans, 24 Democrats
24 of 169 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY) and 139 more.
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.