House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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- IntroducedJun 15, 2016
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Latest action: Jun 15, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5492.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 95, June 15, 2016, Page H3914):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5492, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5492
- 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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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy.
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- H.R. 5254 (114th) Senior Accessible Housing Act
- H.R. 231 (114th) To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.
- H.R. 3679 (114th) To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for…
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.