House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Dairy MILC Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4896.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GIBSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 54, April 11, 2016, Page H1599):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3--The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among several States, and with Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 154 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4896, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4896
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8511f2025fe899cd8fd31449030cf91ff76d96538223af365eb390b006c15b33
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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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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.