House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2016
- Committee actionJul 13, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5104.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5104, Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2016” on September 9, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 13, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51980
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5104, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5104
- 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. 114-733 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 9, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/733
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5104, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5104
- 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 Mrs. BLACKBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 66, April 28, 2016, Page H2110):The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article I Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2016 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5104, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5104
- 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
18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.