House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
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Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5980.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 136, September 9, 2016, Page H5255):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5980, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5980
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73d66db9ff572bb638b4bb82719f78d8569c21d458ac8777d48a793f46dea5c1
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 5, 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
107 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 85 Democrats, 1 independent
21 of 107 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Alan Grayson (D-FL) and 77 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.