House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 5, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4300.
- 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. 185, December 18, 2015, Page H10711):Article I, Section 8: ``The Congress shall have the power to . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 141 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4300, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4300
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4300, last updated December 3, 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 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Mark Sanford (R-SC), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
- H.R. 2693 (114th) To designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum".
- H.R. 5032 (114th) To allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and…
- H.J.Res. 55 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 4006 (114th) Statutes at Large Modernization Act
- H.R. 4791 (114th) USCIS Act
- 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.