House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Improved Employment Outcomes for Foster Youth Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 7, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5947.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McDERMOTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 134, September 7, 2016, Page H5162):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 7, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 68 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5947, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5947
- 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY), David Reichert (R-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott.
- H.R. 2429 (114th) Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act
- H.R. 1025 (114th) SNAP Work Opportunities Act of 2015
- H.R. 5396 (114th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2016
- H.R. 3206 (114th) Student Tax Relief Act of 2015
- H.R. 1131 (114th) Fairness in Student Loan Lending Act
- H.R. 1804 (114th) Crude-By-Rail Safety Act
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.