House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5783.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 114, July 14, 2016, Page H1826):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and the sixteenth amendmentSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 58 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5783, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5783
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36d6431c0c2831b2bb5590590641ecd440263c3aa460ea7a74b339d4f6d66f7c
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 10, 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. Terri Sewell.
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- H.Con.Res. 109 (114th) Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot…
- H.R. 2867 (114th) Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 4817 (114th) Birmingham Civil Rights National Historical Park
- H.R. 1781 (114th) Workforce Development Tax Credit 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.