House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Rural Hospital Enhancement and Long Term Health Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Cresent Hardy R-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5133.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2150):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 50 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5133, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5133
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), James Clyburn (D-SC), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Terri Sewell (D-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cresent Hardy.
- H.R. 1815 (114th) Eastern Nevada Land Implementation Improvement Act
- H.R. 3734 (114th) Mining Schools Enhancement Act
- H.R. 2307 (114th) To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1445 (114th) LAND Act
- H.R. 6039 (114th) Graduate Opportunities in Medical Education Distribution Act of 2016
- H.R. 4331 (114th) Small Business ECCEL 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.