House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 666.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 18, February 3, 2015, Page H756):Article I Section 8 ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign nations . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 666, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/666
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), K. Conaway (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.R. 702 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- H.R. 546 (114th) ACE Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 2734 (114th) Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 4942 (114th) DELIVER Act of 2016
- H.R. 2888 (114th) Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 82 (114th) Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the White House Fellows Program.
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.