House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Broadband Access for Veterans Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 29, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2016 · 411–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6394.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McNERNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 170, November 29, 2016, Page H6365):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 29, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6394, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6394
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6394, last updated December 5, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney.
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- H.R. 1313 (114th) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief Act
- H.R. 4129 (114th) Jumpstart VA Construction Act
- H.R. 2762 (114th) GIRLS STEM Act
- H.R. 2763 (114th) GREEN Act
- H.R. 3045 (114th) California Water Recycling and Drought Relief 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.