House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-235
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2016
- Committee actionSep 14, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2016 · 389–34
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 3, 2016
- Became lawOct 7, 2016
Latest action: Oct 7, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-235.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5147.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5147, BABIES Act” on September 20, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 14, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52038
- CBO publication date
- September 20, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5147, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5147
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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. 114-774 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 20, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 20, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/774
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5147, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5147
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8fb341ec613dd49316e6e719a8881d99f5041d7096497ae8f19ab350732715a
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2151):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5147, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5147
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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
28 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 27 Democrats
1 of 28 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), James Langevin (D-RI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
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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.