House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2016 · 346–66
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4919.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 55, April 12, 2016, Page H1635):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4919, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
265663ec892d76a7dbe573da31e4ed40ab89f8748fafd5b02bbf9e1ea4b8ab98
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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4919, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
93 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 63 Democrats
63 of 93 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Sean Duffy (R-WI) and 63 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 1150 (114th) Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act
- H.R. 2820 (114th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2015
- H.R. 515 (114th) International Megan's Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders
- H.R. 4511 (114th) Gold Star Families Voices Act
- H.R. 1567 (114th) Global Food Security Act of 2016
- H.Res. 354 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the safety and security of Jewish communities in Europe.
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.