House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
U.S. Wants to Compete for a World Expo Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 5, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 5, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5624.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 107, July 5, 2016, Page H4276):Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 5, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 178 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5624, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5624
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2702c3ac037f24e9e2b3f0379f2572ca51716867ccbda039cbd4a6256c4eafe2
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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Keith Ellison (D-MN), Gene Green (D-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Emmer.
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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.