House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5165.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DELANEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 69, May 3, 2016, Page H2155):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 3, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5165, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5165
- 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
37 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 37 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), John Larson (D-CT), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Delaney.
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- H.R. 413 (114th) Partnership to Build America Act of 2015
- H.Res. 739 (114th) Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- H.R. 625 (114th) Infrastructure 2.0 Act
- H.R. 3542 (114th) Early Learning Act of 2015
- H.R. 4342 (114th) Iran Ballistic Missile Prevention and Sanctions Act of 2016
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.