House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Insular Areas Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Gregorio Sablan D-MPWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 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. 5773.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SABLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H5012):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution: ``Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needfid Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 405 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5773, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5773
- 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregorio Sablan.
- H.R. 5889 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Chalan Kanoa VLG in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, as the…
- H.R. 6401 (114th) Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act
- H.R. 5584 (114th) Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act of 2016
- H.R. 4309 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reimburse each possession of the United States for the cost of the earned income tax credit.
- H.R. 3607 (114th) U.S. Territorial Federal Judges Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 4531 (114th) To approve an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Palau, and for other purposes.
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.