House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 19, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4325.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 3, January 6, 2016, Page H101):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . genera1 Welfare of the United States; . . . Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4325, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 208 (114th) RISE After Disaster Act of 2015
- H.R. 5322 (114th) U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016
- H.R. 207 (114th) Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2016
- H.R. 3132 (114th) To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act.
- H.R. 3830 (114th) Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
- H.R. 3468 (114th) Scale-up Manufacturing Investment Company 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.