House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Assisting America's Dislocated Miners Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 29, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5155.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 67, April 29, 2016, Page H2151):Article 1, Section 8--Commerce ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 37 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5155, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5155
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- 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 March 23, 2026). 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Mike Doyle (D-PA), David McKinley (R-WV), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3865 (114th) Cradle Act
- H.R. 5668 (114th) Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016
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- H.Con.Res. 182 (114th) Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the sinking of the U.S.S. West Virginia during…
- H.J.Res. 107 (114th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
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.