House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
DELIVER Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2016
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Apr 14, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4942.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 57, April 14, 2016, Page H1736):Article I Section 1: ALL Legislative powers review granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate & House of Representatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4942, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4942
- 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Robert Latta (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.R. 702 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- H.R. 546 (114th) ACE Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 2734 (114th) Do Not Track Kids Act of 2015
- H.R. 666 (114th) To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions.
- H.R. 2888 (114th) Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 82 (114th) Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the White House Fellows Program.
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.