House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Susan Brooks R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Committee actionJul 13, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 571.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3299.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3299, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2016” on September 7, 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, September 7, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51975
- CBO publication date
- September 7, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3299, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3299
- 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. 114-735 ↗. 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/735
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3299, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3299
- 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 Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5771):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3299, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3299
- 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
47 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 47 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bill Flores (R-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Billy Long (R-MO), Luke Messer (R-IN), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and 17 more.
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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.