House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Barton R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2015
- Committee actionSep 17, 2015
- Passed HouseOct 9, 2015 · 261–159
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 702.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 702, a bill to adapt to changing crude oil market conditions” on September 29, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 25, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50854
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 702, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/702
- 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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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-267,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 114-267,Part 1 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 1, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/267
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/267 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 702, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a8f0ecef64e00c5cf29e37120158760d6deb0ee1c7843ce21ff1da48a33e090
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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. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H812):Article I Section 8 ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign Nations . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 702, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/702
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6a8f0ecef64e00c5cf29e37120158760d6deb0ee1c7843ce21ff1da48a33e090
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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
137 cosponsors — 121 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent
16 of 137 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Ken Buck (R-CO), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA) and 107 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.R. 546 (114th) ACE Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 2734 (114th) Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 666 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- 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 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.