House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Housing for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 18, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6211.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6105):Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoeing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 280 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6211, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
41 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 40 Democrats
1 of 41 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), John Larson (D-CT), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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- H.R. 1257 (114th) Rape Survivor Child Custody Act
- H.R. 1998 (114th) HERO Act of 2015
- H.R. 5571 (114th) Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act
- H.R. 436 (114th) Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification 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.