House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2016 · 241–184
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5243.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 77, May 16, 2016, Page H2428):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 803 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5243, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5243, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Steve Womack (R-AR), David Young (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harold Rogers.
- H.J.Res. 78 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 240 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.Con.Res. 139 (114th) Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2577.
- H.R. 4456 (114th) RECLAIM Act of 2016
- H.J.Res. 35 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.
- H.J.Res. 75 (114th) Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.
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.