House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for Veterans Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4683.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COFFMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 35, March 3, 2016, Page H1144):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 488 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4683, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4683
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
198f0c6ef3fe70a3a479e7c80d52de55ef0a01a07707c839397a0a64a73be6b2
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4683, last updated December 5, 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
31 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 18 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 31 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Brian Higgins (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Steve Israel (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), Peter King (R-NY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Steve Russell (R-OK), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Coffman.
- H.R. 2496 (114th) Construction Authorization and Choice Improvement Act
- H.R. 1356 (114th) Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015
- H.R. 4251 (114th) Guard and Reserve Equal Access to Health Act
- H.R. 3628 (114th) Pay Our Military Act
- H.R. 4684 (114th) Veteran Urgent Access to Mental Healthcare Act
- H.R. 3945 (114th) Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses 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.