House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5073.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 65, April 27, 2016, Page H2066):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5073, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
335b9ca65bcf64837e4b49e65900daa5002ecf759b080370dcbf49e6e29c1423
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 November 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5073, last updated November 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
39 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 31 Democrats
8 of 39 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Rod Blum (R-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Robert Dold (R-IL), John Duncan (R-TN), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), John Mica (R-FL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Reid Ribble (R-WI) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 4246 (114th) National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2015
- H.R. 2302 (114th) Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2015
- H.R. 1282 (114th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 1538 (114th) CARERS Act of 2015
- H.R. 1674 (114th) Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2015
- H.R. 5691 (114th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
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.