House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2016
- Committee actionSep 8, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 654.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5259, Certainty for States and Tribes Act” on November 21, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 8, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52227
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5259, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-833 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 22, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/833
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5259, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae508394c0f2f85b164727cd4b672117d418c828fcf7193dd0c0a2cba52caf90
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZINKE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 78, May 17, 2016, Page H2700):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5259, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ae508394c0f2f85b164727cd4b672117d418c828fcf7193dd0c0a2cba52caf90
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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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Jason Smith (R-MO), Scott Tipton (R-CO), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
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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.