House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5254.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 77, May 16, 2016, Page H2428):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5254, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8140b373843106a9858803e8f69f3014d9006ffe537eeec9e0f47d54dca32489
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
22 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 22 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), David Jolly (R-FL), William Keating (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
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- H.Res. 432 (114th) Expressing support for designating February 2016 as "National Spine Ability Month".
- H.R. 3793 (114th) Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015
- H.R. 231 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
- H.R. 3679 (114th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
- H.R. 230 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.
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.