House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Food Deserts Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4833.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 45, March 22, 2016, Page H1553):Clause 1 and clause 18 of Article I of section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 83 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4833, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4833
- 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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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
24 cosponsors — 24 Democrats
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Al Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.
- H.R. 4957 (114th) To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building".
- H.Res. 208 (114th) Equality for All Resolution of 2015
- H.R. 608 (114th) To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.
- H.Res. 322 (114th) Recognizing the importance of providing services to children of incarcerated parents.
- H.R. 1866 (114th) Young Americans Financial Literacy Act
- H.R. 2806 (114th) Recidivism Reduction Act
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.