House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
PUSH 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 6, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6226.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6105):Consistent with the understanding and interpretation of the Commerce Clause, Congress has the authority to enact this legislation in accordance with Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6226, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6226
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
20 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 20 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Earl Carter (R-GA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), William Keating (D-MA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lamar Smith (R-TX), William Thornberry (R-TX), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Price.
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- H.R. 3762 (114th) To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016.
- H.R. 5210 (114th) PADME Act
- H.Con.Res. 104 (114th) Providing for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
- H.Con.Res. 125 (114th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
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.