House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 3, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 4, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4179.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 175, December 3, 2015, Page H9012):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4179, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4179
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 4179, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Luján.
- H.R. 3691 (114th) Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016
- H.R. 1820 (114th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an…
- H.R. 5216 (114th) Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016
- H.R. 1503 (114th) Community College Energy Training Act of 2015
- H.R. 994 (114th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015
- H.R. 2174 (114th) Native American Languages Reauthorization Act of 2015
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.