House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2016
- Committee actionApr 28, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 11, 2016 · 421–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4843, Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act” on May 9, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 28, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51537
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4843, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-548 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 10, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2016 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/548
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4843, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARLETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1584):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗
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- H.R. 4843, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 — 16 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 24 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), John Kline (R-MN), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Luke Messer (R-IN), Jared Polis (D-CO), James Renacci (R-OH), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.