House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
FAIR Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 23, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4585.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 28, February 23, 2016, Page H854):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4585, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4585
- 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.
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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
81 cosponsors — 81 Democrats
0 of 81 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Henry Johnson (D-GA) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.