House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Foster Youth Resources to Promote Self-Sufficiency Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5737.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 112, July 12, 2016, Page H4815):Article I of the Constitution and its subsequent amendments and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 140 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5737, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
109137fd1061a9bcb68b72dcde8df12bb27d0f0286c9ab9e779eee231e443560
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
James Langevin (D-RI), John Lewis (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.Con.Res. 74 (114th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March.
- H.R. 2978 (114th) Thirteenth Amendment Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1807 (114th) Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015
- H.R. 1435 (114th) Supportive School Climate Act of 2015
- H.R. 2408 (114th) Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2015
- H.R. 4214 (114th) Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
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.