House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2015
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2016 · 258–101
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3537.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3537, Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016” on September 30, 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, September 30, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52062
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 114-787 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 26, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/787
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 134, September 17, 2015, Page H6137):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
27 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 27 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Richard Hanna (R-NY), James Himes (D-CT), David Jolly (R-FL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), William Thornberry (R-TX), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Dent.
- H.R. 2029 (114th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 4974 (114th) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
- H.R. 1220 (114th) Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
- H.R. 836 (114th) Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 581 (114th) National Heritage Area Act of 2015
- H.R. 484 (114th) Duplication Elimination Act of 2015
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.