House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 23, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4222.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Page H9271):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4222, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4222
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c4f7740aa64fc026791fda0b42848a69747b60f8006f7b8b0c49c1ec0849e35
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4222, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Carney.
- H.R. 3784 (114th) SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016
- H.R. 1772 (114th) Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2015
- H.R. 2362 (114th) Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 2498 (114th) Budget Integrity Act
- H.R. 1894 (114th) To authorize the extension of preferential tariff treatment for certain textile goods imported from Morocco.
- H.R. 2363 (114th) FAIR Student Credit 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.