House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Middle Class CHANCE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5310.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 81, May 23, 2016, Page H2962):Spending Authorization Article I, Section 8, Clause I The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. ____________________Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 336 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5310, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 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.
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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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Delaney (D-MD), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael Honda (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.