House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Gwen Moore D-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 18, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5221.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MOORE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 75, May 12, 2016, Page H2342):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5221, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5221
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56e57c46ae370155fd7b688084020e00d78e86126b78b8bd600a71c1fa5b6aca
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
33 cosponsors — 33 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bobby Rush (D-IL) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gwen Moore.
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- H.R. 4216 (114th) Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 4116 (114th) To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to ensure that the reciprocal deposits of an insured depository institution are not considered…
- H.R. 4571 (114th) Reducing Unexpected Deaths in Infants and Children Act of 2016
- H.Res. 146 (114th) Expressing support for designation of the week of March 1, 2015, through March 7, 2015, as "School Social Work Week".
- H.R. 2988 (114th) School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act
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.