House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-160
To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building".
Became law on May 20, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2016
- Committee actionApr 20, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 10, 2016 · 401–0
- Passed SenateMay 16, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 18, 2016
- Became lawMay 20, 2016
Latest action: May 20, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-160.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4957.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4957, a bill to designate the federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the “Ariel Rios Federal Building”” on April 29, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 20, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51511
- CBO publication date
- April 29, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4957, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4957
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 114-534 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 3, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 3, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/534
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4957, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4957
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. CARSON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 58, April 15, 2016, Page H1765):Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2016 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4957, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4957
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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
12 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats
7 of 12 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), John Carter (R-TX), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Peter Visclosky (D-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. André Carson.
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- H.Res. 322 (114th) Recognizing the importance of providing services to children of incarcerated parents.
- H.R. 1866 (114th) Young Americans Financial Literacy Act
- H.R. 4833 (114th) Food Deserts Act of 2016
- H.R. 2806 (114th) Recidivism Reduction Act
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.