House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
BANK 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: Sep 28, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SALMON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 147, September 28, 2016, Page H6107):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6281, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
528cf076b83acfb9a3d609ea1d95ec98253857d3a5be8b9a5f85776ae9845b17
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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Salmon.
- H.R. 1853 (114th) To direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and…
- H.Res. 634 (114th) Recognizing the importance of the United States-Republic of Korea-Japan trilateral relationship to counter North Korean threats and…
- H.Res. 235 (114th) Expressing deepest condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following the devastating earthquake on April 25, 2015.
- H.R. 3799 (114th) Hearing Protection Act of 2015
- H.R. 3012 (114th) Right to Try Act of 2015
- H.R. 3011 (114th) Kate's Law
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.