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: Dec 10, 2015 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4236.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Page H9271):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which states that that ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises . . .'' In addition, this legislation is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.'' ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 644 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4236, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
476b536162ce17dee34b830c164c0c7a30817eda0c424c46bece05f230361376
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. 4236, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Ben Luján (D-NM), Grace Meng (D-NY), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
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.