House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2016
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseMar 22, 2016 · 383–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4742.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4742, Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act” on October 14, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 26, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52113
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4742
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESTY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 41, March 15, 2016, Page H1389):article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4742, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4742
- 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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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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4742, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Bill Posey (R-FL), E. Rigell (R-VA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Esty.
- H.R. 752 (114th) Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act
- H.R. 2894 (114th) CARE for All Veterans Act
- H.R. 1375 (114th) Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 132 (114th) SCOTUS Resolution
- H.R. 478 (114th) Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2015
- H.R. 1441 (114th) Manufacturing Universities 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.