House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2015
- Committee actionJul 13, 2016
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 23, 2016 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 700.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 68.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 68, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2016” on August 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 13, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51911
- CBO publication date
- August 19, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 68, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/68
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-890 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 23, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 23, 2016 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/890
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 68, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/68
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H45):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗
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- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 68, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/68
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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