House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2016
- Committee actionApr 20, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 10, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 11, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4985.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4985, Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016” on May 10, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51564
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4985, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 114-547 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 10, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/547
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4985, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. KATKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 59, April 18, 2016, Page H1802):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2016 ↗
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- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4985, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4985
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Katko.
- H.R. 720 (114th) Gerardo Hernandez Airport Security Act of 2015
- H.R. 719 (114th) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016
- H.R. 4408 (114th) National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel Act of 2016
- H.R. 4407 (114th) Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2016
- H.R. 2750 (114th) Improved Security Vetting for Aviation Workers Act of 2015
- H.R. 455 (114th) Northern Border Security Review 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.