House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2016 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 94, June 14, 2016, Page H3816):Article I, section 8, clause 3: Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations; Article I, section 8, clause 18: Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be ncessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 269 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5474, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5474
- 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. 5474, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson.
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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.