House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Combating BDS Act of 2016
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- IntroducedFeb 10, 2016
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Latest action: Feb 10, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4514.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOLD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 24, February 10, 2016, Page H710):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4514, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4514
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
167 cosponsors — 122 Republicans, 45 Democrats
45 of 167 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) and 137 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Dold.
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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.