House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Committee actionMar 23, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 207.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 207, Developing the Next Generation of Small Business Act of 2016” on May 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 26, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51571
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 207, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/207
- 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. 114-526 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on April 26, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/526
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 207, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/207
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 3, January 8, 2015, Page H155):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2015 ↗
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- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 207, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/207
- 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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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Grace Napolitano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 208 (114th) RISE After Disaster Act of 2015
- H.R. 5322 (114th) U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 4325 (114th) Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016
- H.R. 3132 (114th) To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act.
- H.R. 3830 (114th) Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
- H.R. 3468 (114th) Scale-up Manufacturing Investment Company Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.