House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Kuster D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 2015
- Committee actionMay 18, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 6, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 549.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3974.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3974, Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2016” on June 29, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 18, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51735
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3974, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3974
- 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. 114-710 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 6, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/710
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3974, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
abf06e2e1006934449628be1a5160084e7bb2c01c358c3cd8a8ebadd213e1f98
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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. KUSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 165, November 5, 2015, Page H8154):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 5, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3974, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3974
- 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Mark Takano (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
- H.R. 6431 (114th) Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016
- H.R. 2170 (114th) Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4657 (114th) Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016
- H.R. 4701 (114th) Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2016
- H.Res. 93 (114th) Strengthen House Floor Integrity Resolution
- H.R. 6188 (114th) Early STEM Achievement 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.