House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2016 — Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Prior to Referral.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALAZZO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 44, March 21, 2016, Page H1495):U.S. Const. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make 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 or Officer thereof . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 318 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4816, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 December 6, 2025). 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
42 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 42 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), James Cooper (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Sean Duffy (R-WI), John Duncan (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Tom Graves (R-GA), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Ron Kind (D-WI), John Kline (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steven Palazzo.
- H.R. 4119 (114th) Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act of 2016
- H.R. 810 (114th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 2039 (114th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017
- H.Res. 582 (114th) Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.
- H.R. 281 (114th) Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014
- H.R. 1546 (114th) Emergency Information 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.