House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jun 29, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5560.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 100, June 22, 2016, Page H4171):Article I, Section 3, Clause 3--Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 162 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5560, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5560
- 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.
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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
25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), David Price (D-NC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
- H.R. 3735 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya…
- H.R. 5530 (114th) HBCU Capital Financing Improvement Act
- H.R. 4326 (114th) Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016
- H.Res. 128 (114th) Recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit In.
- H.R. 4475 (114th) Youth Access to Sexual Health Services Act of 2016
- H.R. 1161 (114th) American Civil Rights Cities 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.