House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
California Compact Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 6, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5079.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 65, April 27, 2016, Page H2066):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 138 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5079, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83513fe5b06263abfac61dd94942a7356ff4eb23e26fa582ffaf20de3a91bbcd
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5079, last updated August 12, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 2212 (114th) To take certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria, and for…
- H.R. 1157 (114th) Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2016
- H.Res. 140 (114th) Expressing support for designation of August 2015 as "Blue Star Mothers of America Month".
- H.R. 3710 (114th) Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2015
- H.R. 3363 (114th) Federal Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act
- H.R. 5129 (114th) GO 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.