House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2015 — Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4006.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 168, November 16, 2015, Page H8241):The volumes of the United States Statutes at Large compile the legal acts of the government of the United States, including legislative measures enacted pursuant to powers throughout Article I of the Constitution and constitutional amendments proposed under Article V of the Constitution. It is both necessary and proper (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) for the legal history of the United States to be accessible to the People in an accessible format on the Internet.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 469 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4006, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4006
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0440054e5c963c19e5b1754420dc5c723e57fad104ebe2e58f0e64fbd5d1aefe
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4006, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
16 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 other
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Jody Hice (R-GA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Tom Rice (R-SC), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
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- H.J.Res. 55 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 4791 (114th) USCIS Act
- H.R. 4300 (114th) Arm All Pilots Act of 2015
- H.Res. 707 (114th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget…
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.