House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2016
- Committee actionSep 15, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6004.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6004, MGT Act” on December 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September 22, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52308
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6004, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-783 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 22, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/783
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6004, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8f015f46119343e7404a200f805d73c06fe7d706f16b940579067cdd89b3204
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 138, September 13, 2016, Page H5436):Article I, Section IX, clause VII, of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6004, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6004
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8f015f46119343e7404a200f805d73c06fe7d706f16b940579067cdd89b3204
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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 — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
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.