House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2015
- Committee actionNov 18, 2015
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 23, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 699.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4002.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4002, Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015” on June 27, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 18, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51717
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4002, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4002
- 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. 114-889 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/889
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4002, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4002
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c52b5d02793011cc0fb59f5f445e501574b325b6c49b09e9b123576749ee35e
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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. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 168, November 16, 2015, Page H8241):Article I Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4002, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4002
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c52b5d02793011cc0fb59f5f445e501574b325b6c49b09e9b123576749ee35e
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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Doug Collins (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI), J. Forbes (R-VA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Raul Labrador (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
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.