House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for Zika response and preparedness.
Sponsor: Rep. Curt Clawson R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2016 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5958.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLAWSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 135, September 8, 2016, Page H5224):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 799 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5958, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), David Jolly (R-FL), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Curt Clawson.
- H.R. 890 (114th) To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Florida.
- H.R. 4667 (114th) To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite the completion of repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike, Florida, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3202 (114th) LEAP Act of 2015
- H.R. 4562 (114th) Zika Authorization Plan Act of 2016
- H.R. 4561 (114th) ZIPP Act
- H.R. 364 (114th) Defend Israel by Defunding Palestinian Foreign Aid 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.