House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Garrett R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 2, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 5, 2016 · 391–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2016 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6427.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 173, December 2, 2016, Page H7144):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 (``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States''), 3 (``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes''), and 18 (``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing 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 December 2, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 653 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6427, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6427
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5df08d2f328b1326ccb3dba840a825d37b2dd3bf2c6fa5169f25ace6cd0da94b
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6427, last updated January 3, 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
10 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
John Carney (D-DE), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Garrett.
- H.R. 1525 (114th) Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act of 2015
- H.R. 1524 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the "Staff…
- H.R. 3557 (114th) FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act
- H.R. 5429 (114th) SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
- H.R. 3798 (114th) Due Process Restoration Act of 2015
- H.R. 4638 (114th) Main Street Growth 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.