House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 29, 2016
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4652.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAKAI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 32, February 29, 2016, Page H1045):Article 1, Section 7 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4652, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Takai.
- H.Con.Res. 115 (114th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.
- H.Res. 169 (114th) Acknowledging and honoring brave young men from Hawaii who enabled the United States to establish and maintain jurisdiction in remote…
- H.R. 3870 (114th) Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- H.R. 483 (114th) Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2015
- H.R. 4811 (114th) Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2016
- H.Res. 206 (114th) Expressing support for designation of April 2015 as "National Learn to Swim Month".
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.