House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. John Lewis D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5067.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEWIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 64, April 26, 2016, Page H1996):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 224 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5067, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5067
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
78 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 75 Democrats
3 of 78 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), John Delaney (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Marcia Fudge (D-OH) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Lewis.
- H.R. 2880 (114th) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2016
- H.Res. 4 (114th) Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.
- H.R. 12 (114th) Voter Empowerment Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 160 (114th) Recognizing the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the only national museum dedicated…
- H.R. 2449 (114th) Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- H.R. 5846 (114th) Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016
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.