House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5549.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARRIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 99, June 21, 2016, Page H4053):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 76 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5549, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5549
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0d4169f27cc53b6ac39aab44e2c67df44e8a455eb4106a3725b2904a8afa3f8
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. 5549, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sam Farr (D-CA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andy Harris.
- H.R. 6468 (114th) FILCA of 2016
- H.R. 221 (114th) Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention Act
- H.R. 3508 (114th) American Solution for Simplifying the Estate Tax Act of 2015
- H.R. 3498 (114th) Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2105 [sic]
- H.R. 2447 (114th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an NIH research strategic plan.
- H.R. 2448 (114th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of high-risk, high-reward research.
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.