House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4456.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 20, February 3, 2016, Page H567):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (Necessary and Proper Clause)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4456, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4456
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f256b86b7a72b76e84683002f556a6206a50f3bab8936aa6fedb667bbef1869
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. 4456, 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
27 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 27 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Diane Black (R-TN), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Duncan (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), H. Griffith (R-VA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Jared Polis (D-CO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), David Roe (R-TN), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Steve Stivers (R-OH), John Yarmuth (D-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers.
- H.J.Res. 78 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 240 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 5243 (114th) Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.Con.Res. 139 (114th) Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2577.
- H.J.Res. 35 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 75 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
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.