House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 977.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 25, February 13, 2015, Page H1070):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 157 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 977, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/977
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 977, last updated December 5, 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
18 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Billy Long (R-MO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Aaron Schock.
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.