House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2016 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4730.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 40, March 14, 2016, Page H1345):Article I, Section 7, Clause 1: ``All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.'' Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 442 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4730, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4730
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
75 cosponsors — 75 Republicans
0 of 75 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Diane Black (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Ken Buck (R-CO), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Frank Guinta (R-NH) and 45 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cathy Rodgers.
- H.R. 2017 (114th) Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015
- H.Res. 1 (114th) Electing officers of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 272 (114th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 6 (114th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 826 (114th) Electing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 1312 (114th) National Health Service Corps Improvement 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.