House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 6, 2016 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4333.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 3, January 6, 2016, Page H102):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4333, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4333
- 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. 4333, 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
32 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 18 Democrats
14 of 32 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Corrine Brown (D-FL), John Carney (D-DE), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Delaney (D-MD), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Steve Israel (D-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Luke Messer (R-IN), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Tom Price (R-GA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), David Roe (R-TN), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Todd Rokita (R-IN), David Rouzer (R-NC), David Scott (D-GA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Kennedy.
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.