House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2016
- Committee actionJul 14, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 7, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5537.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5537, Digital GAP Act” on September 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 14, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51942
- CBO publication date
- September 1, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROYCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 99, June 21, 2016, Page H4053):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5537, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d359e98fa2e4cdcad004b81a14e0f836137313f9f7712c5d9c0e625063144c0
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5537, last updated April 7, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.
- H.R. 2494 (114th) Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016
- H.R. 757 (114th) North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016
- H.R. 6297 (114th) Iran Sanctions Extension Act
- H.R. 2297 (114th) Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015
- H.R. 5931 (114th) Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act
- H.R. 400 (114th) Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting 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.