House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2016
- Committee actionSep 15, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6008.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-860 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on December 8, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/860
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6008, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6008
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 138, September 13, 2016, Page H5436):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6008, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6008
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d80aecfa56630c352eb4288b8a9e203d9aa5d60e5fceb3066cf1a365ba1d89b
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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6008, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), David Schweikert (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Meadows.
- H.R. 5995 (114th) GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016
- H.R. 5233 (114th) Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016
- H.R. 210 (114th) Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
- H.R. 4180 (114th) Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015
- H.R. 5199 (114th) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2016
- H.R. 901 (114th) Eliminating Pornography from Agencies 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.