House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Kinzinger R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2015
- Committee actionApr 27, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2016 · 415–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 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. 1818.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1818, Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 27, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51556
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1818, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1818
- 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. 114-552 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 11, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/552
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1818, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1818
- 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. 54, April 15, 2015, Page H2270):According to clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution, Congress has the authority to control the expenditures of the federal government.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 150 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1818, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1818
- 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
74 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 74 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Will Hurd (R-TX), Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and 44 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.