House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2016
- Committee actionMar 2, 2016
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2016 · 325–89
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4498.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4498, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act” on April 18, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 2, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 18, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51479
- CBO publication date
- April 18, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4498, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-509 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 19, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/509
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4498, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf3664bca7a5546baa7e8b8f17022288ce0be1757fd686f6715f6e89d9f3d795
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 23, February 9, 2016, Page H650):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4498, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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
11 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 11 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), John Delaney (D-MD), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Jared Polis (D-CO), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Mark Takai (D-HI), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 88 (114th) Reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as cornerstones of United States-Taiwan relations.
- H.R. 1023 (114th) Small Business Investment Company Capital 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.