House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Families of Flint Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2016 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4479.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILDEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 21, February 4, 2016, Page H591):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4479, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4479
- 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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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
173 cosponsors — 173 Democrats
0 of 173 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carney (D-DE), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI) and 143 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Kildee.
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- H.R. 1042 (114th) Afterschool for America's Children Act
- H.R. 5672 (114th) Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2016
- H.R. 3972 (114th) Honoring our Returning Veterans and Service Members 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.