House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2015
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1209.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-802 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 14, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/802
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c83a500033cd90b7cb49510e585292f44ad1123c1452b6347721dcd62f98379
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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. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 36, March 3, 2015, Page H1566):Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c83a500033cd90b7cb49510e585292f44ad1123c1452b6347721dcd62f98379
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 (as of December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1209, last updated December 3, 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
89 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 54 Democrats, 1 independent
55 of 89 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA) and 59 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.