House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2015
- Committee actionDec 9, 2015
- Passed HouseFeb 1, 2016 · 390–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2016 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4168.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4168, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act” on January 15, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 9, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51145
- CBO publication date
- January 15, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4168, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4168
- 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. 114-409 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on February 1, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/409
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4168, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4168
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POLIQUIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 175, December 3, 2015, Page H9012):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes:'' as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 256 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4168, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4168
- 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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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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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.