House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Max Cleland Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford Bishop D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5561.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 100, June 22, 2016, Page H4171):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following. Article I, Section 8, Clause 5.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5561, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5561
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5561, last updated December 5, 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Earl Carter (R-GA), Tom Graves (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC), John Lewis (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Rob Woodall (R-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
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.