House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4637.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SANFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 31, February 26, 2016, Page H1000):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4637, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68500c27167106d32623dac372793ebf1dfc8ad74ea8e672fc70fe04fd4a9c07
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 March 23, 2026). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Gary Palmer (R-AL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Sanford.
- H.R. 664 (114th) Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015
- H.R. 4893 (114th) Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2016
- H.R. 1551 (114th) Highway Restoration Act of 2015
- H.R. 5637 (114th) One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2016
- H.R. 2185 (114th) Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2015
- H.R. 6098 (114th) TRUTH in Government 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.