House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
ABLE to Work Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 17, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4795.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRENSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1463):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4795, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4795
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
47d3da3330dfcde600c0b71183e225c8f3f1735a02e0dcab2363f6ce0d8dbe58
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. 4795, 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
34 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 34 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Denny Heck (D-WA), Joseph Heck (R-NV), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), James Renacci (R-OH), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ander Crenshaw.
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.