House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Committee actionJul 13, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1301.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1301, Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2016” on August 3, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51864
- CBO publication date
- August 3, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1301, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1301
- 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-732 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 9, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/732
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1301, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1301
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1616):The Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1 [Rights Guaranteed]; . . . the means employed to effect its exercise may be niether arbitrary nor oppressive but must bear a real and substantial relation to an end that is public, specifically, the public health, safety, or morals, or some other aspect of the general welfare.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 313 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1301, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1301
- 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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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
126 cosponsors — 84 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 126 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Carney (D-DE), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chris Collins (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 96 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.