House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
MACPAC Improvement Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6518.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 177, December 8, 2016, Page H7570):Article I, Section 8, Clause 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;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6518, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6518
- 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Bill Flores (R-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts.
- H.R. 639 (114th) Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act
- H.R. 4725 (114th) Common Sense Savings Act of 2016
- H.R. 1714 (114th) Sugar Reform Act of 2015
- H.Res. 290 (114th) Calling for the global repeal of blasphemy laws.
- H.R. 903 (114th) Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 1323 (114th) Shahbaz Bhatti International Religious Freedom 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.