House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 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. 5219.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 75, May 12, 2016, Page H2342):Pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5219, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5219
- 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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 11 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Lois Capps (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), James Cooper (D-TN), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), John Katko (R-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
- H.R. 5065 (114th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act
- H.R. 2168 (114th) West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act
- H.R. 564 (114th) Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
- H.R. 3441 (114th) Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings Act
- H.R. 3806 (114th) Alaskan Pollock and Golden King Crab Labeling Act
- H.Res. 351 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding hydroelectric power.
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.