House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4562.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 26, February 12, 2016, Page H818):Article I, Section 8, of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4562, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4562
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4562, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Gwen Graham (D-FL), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Curt Clawson.
- H.R. 890 (114th) To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Florida.
- H.R. 4667 (114th) To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite the completion of repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike, Florida, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3202 (114th) LEAP Act of 2015
- H.R. 5958 (114th) Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness.
- H.R. 4561 (114th) ZIPP Act
- H.R. 364 (114th) Defend Israel by Defunding Palestinian Foreign Aid 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.