House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4791.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1463):American immigration law stems from Congress' power to ``establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 4) and to ``regulate Commerce with foreign Nations'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). Only Congress has the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1), and Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 states that ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law,'' explicitly requiring congressional authorization for funds to be spent. Furthermore, it is clearly both ``necessary and proper'' (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) that Congress maintain control over funds…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 815 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4791, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4791, last updated August 12, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Scott Perry (R-PA), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Austin Scott (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
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- H.J.Res. 55 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 4006 (114th) Statutes at Large Modernization Act
- H.R. 4300 (114th) Arm All Pilots Act of 2015
- H.Res. 707 (114th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget…
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.