House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 29, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4597.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 29, February 24, 2016, Page H892):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4597, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4597
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06acde2f54d7aea0496f3f5d1fb64928949c5d77c277b816a3f1b8dcf8a8987d
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 November 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4597, last updated November 27, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dave Brat (R-VA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6345 (114th) TPS Reform Act of 2016
- H.R. 1535 (114th) SACO Act
- H.R. 4598 (114th) American Jobs First Act of 2016
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.