House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-293
Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2016
- Committee actionSep 13, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 14, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-293.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5065.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5065, Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act” on September 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on September 13, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52024
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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. 114-775 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on September 20, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2016 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/775
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 64, April 26, 2016, Page H1996):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2016 ↗
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5065, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5065
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
- H.R. 2168 (114th) West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
- H.R. 564 (114th) Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
- H.R. 5219 (114th) Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2016
- H.R. 3441 (114th) Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings Act
- H.R. 3806 (114th) Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act
- H.Res. 351 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding hydroelectric power.
Sponsor’s state and district
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