House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
U.S. Territories Investor Protection Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2016
- Committee actionJun 16, 2016
- Passed HouseJul 11, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5322.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5322, U.S. Territories Investment Protection Act of 2016” on July 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 16, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51799
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5322, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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. 114-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 11, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2016 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/673
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5322, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 83, May 25, 2016, Page H3265):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2016 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5322, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5322
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 208 (114th) RISE After Disaster Act of 2015
- H.R. 4325 (114th) Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016
- H.R. 207 (114th) Developing the Next Generation of Small Businesses Act of 2016
- H.R. 3132 (114th) To increase the amount of funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act.
- H.R. 3830 (114th) Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
- H.R. 3468 (114th) Scale-up Manufacturing Investment Company Act of 2015
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.