House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2016
- Committee actionNov 16, 2016
- Passed HouseNov 29, 2016 · 399–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5422.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5422, a bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes” on December 6, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House on November 29, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52317
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5422, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 Mr. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 91, June 9, 2016, Page H3664):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5422, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a03bd11177e55f060b39bbd3ce7b16065a581d523d3862a98287feb168809aa
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5422, last updated December 5, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.
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- H.Res. 660 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the territorial integrity of Georgia.
- H.R. 3654 (114th) Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015
- H.R. 181 (114th) Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
- H.R. 237 (114th) FTO Passport Revocation Act of 2015
- H.Res. 37 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives condemning the recent terrorist attacks in Paris that resulted in the deaths of…
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.