House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 2015
- Committee actionNov 18, 2015
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 23, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3821.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3821, Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act” on February 11, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 18, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51239
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3821, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3821
- 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. 114-426 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/426
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3821, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f824cfe1341bb57088b207fc819741ecc04840b26922c8b0e970202902d05b58
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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. COLLINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 156, October 23, 2015, Page H7174):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3821, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3821
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f824cfe1341bb57088b207fc819741ecc04840b26922c8b0e970202902d05b58
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2218 (114th) REVAMP Act of 2015
- H.R. 1488 (114th) Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
- H.J.Res. 96 (114th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the President from making recess appointments.
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.