House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Device Guardians Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5404.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 90, June 8, 2016, Page H3564):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5404, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5404
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5404, last updated August 12, 2025. 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick.
- H.R. 5594 (114th) National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act
- H.R. 37 (114th) Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act
- H.R. 1694 (114th) Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1655 (114th) Community Economic Opportunity Act of 2015
- H.R. 911 (114th) Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2015
- H.R. 2920 (114th) Captive Primate Safety Act
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.