House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Life-Saving New Therapies for Neonates Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5182.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 73, May 10, 2016, Page H2214):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution, which states ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 202 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5182, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5182
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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
33 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 33 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Steve Israel (D-NY), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Peter King (R-NY), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), David Price (D-NC), Kathleen Rice (D-NY) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Billy Long.
- H.R. 815 (114th) Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2015
- H.R. 310 (114th) Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 2452 (114th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to facilitating dissemination of health care economic information.
- H.R. 311 (114th) Adoption Promotion Act of 2015
- H.R. 5068 (114th) HHS Data Protection Act
- H.R. 2479 (114th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the issuance of up-to-date regulations and guidance applying to the…
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.