House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. David Young R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2016 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 668.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2566.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2566, Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016” on October 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 21, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52106
- CBO publication date
- October 13, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2566, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2566
- 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. 114-805 ↗. 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 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/805
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2566, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2566
- 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. YOUNG of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3564):Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce among the several states.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 98 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2566, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2566
- 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
16 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Sam Graves (R-MO), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Robert Latta (R-OH), David Loebsack (D-IA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Young.
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- H.R. 5346 (114th) Securing our Agriculture and Food Act
- H.R. 3845 (114th) Crop Insurance Restoration Act
- H.R. 5619 (114th) Sarah's Law
- H.Res. 250 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should pass no law that would exempt from its obligations or provide…
- H.R. 5335 (114th) Facilitating Farmers' Access to Resources and Machinery Act
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.