House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Private Corrado Piccoli Purple Heart Preservation Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Cook R-CAWhere 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 Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6234.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COOK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6105):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6234, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6234
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b661f81266a7ff9721941e4db55fdd7271818c177a1256f4fccbb2e8542892d
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
16 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Chris Collins (R-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Bill Posey (R-FL), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Cook.
- H.R. 3286 (114th) HIRE Vets Act
- H.R. 496 (114th) Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Establishment Act
- H.R. 1992 (114th) American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4313 (114th) Historic Routes Preservation Act
- H.R. 3025 (114th) Wildfire Airspace Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 3026 (114th) Tribal TANF Fairness 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.