House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 723.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KING of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 19, February 4, 2015, Page H813):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 723, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/723
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 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 January 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 723, last updated January 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 14 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), David Reichert (R-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter King.
- H.R. 1300 (114th) First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act
- H.R. 3361 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Insider Threat and Mitigation Act of 2016
- H.Con.Res. 120 (114th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 3rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Congressional Flag Presentation Ceremony.
- H.Res. 716 (114th) Recognizing the deep and abiding friendship between the United States and Ireland and recommending actions to further strengthen those ties.
- H.Con.Res. 73 (114th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 2nd Annual Fallen Firefighters Congressional Flag Presentation Ceremony.
- H.R. 1217 (114th) Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015
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.