House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2016
- Committee actionSep 21, 2016
- Passed HouseMar 22, 2016 · 380–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2016 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4755.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4755, Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women 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/52111
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4755, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4755
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
187006051b998c42d21aabf2fbd57a337b8b0edf45aae03d2692f57f6a7a9048
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. COMSTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 42, March 16, 2016, Page H1419):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 295 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4755, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4755
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
187006051b998c42d21aabf2fbd57a337b8b0edf45aae03d2692f57f6a7a9048
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephen Knight (R-CA), 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. Barbara Comstock.
- H.R. 1119 (114th) Research and Development Efficiency Act
- H.Con.Res. 7 (114th) Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.
- H.R. 3585 (114th) Surface Transportation Research and Development Act of 2015
- H.R. 4846 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the child tax credit.
- H.R. 4102 (114th) Student Loan Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 5030 (114th) To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
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.