House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Made in America Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4409.
- 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. 162, No. 18, February 1, 2016, Page H432):Artilce I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power *** To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. 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 February 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 463 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4409, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4409
- 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.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Carney.
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- 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.