House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedMar 23, 2016
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4879.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAYNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1585):Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4879, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4879
- 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.
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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
44 cosponsors — 44 Democrats
0 of 44 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Ted Lieu (D-CA) and 14 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne.
- H.R. 615 (114th) DHS Interoperable Communications Act
- H.R. 2206 (114th) SWIC Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3144 (114th) Partners for Aviation Security Act
- H.R. 4509 (114th) State and High-Risk Urban Area Working Group Act
- H.R. 5460 (114th) First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- H.Con.Res. 57 (114th) Supporting National Men's Health Week.
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.