House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Brady R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2015
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2015 · 274–145
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2015 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 880.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 880, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015” on February 19, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49964
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 880, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/880
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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. 114-113 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 14, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/113
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 880, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/880
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ab00d118382c934206cd6fb516059712c89b23fd9efa1d877c950f0c2a73cffb
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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. BRADY of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H983):Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which gives Congress the ``power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 149 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 880, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/880
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ab00d118382c934206cd6fb516059712c89b23fd9efa1d877c950f0c2a73cffb
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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
32 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 32 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Stephen Knight (R-CA), John Larson (D-CT), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Richard Neal (D-MA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Tom Reed (R-NY), David Rouzer (R-NC), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Jason Smith (R-MO), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), David Trott (R-MI), David Valadao (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady.
- H.R. 4923 (114th) American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
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- H.R. 3831 (114th) Securing Fairness in Regulatory Timing Act of 2015
- H.R. 1105 (114th) Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015
- H.R. 622 (114th) State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 2507 (114th) Increasing Regulatory Fairness 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.