House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 816.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 18, February 2, 2017, Page H945):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 816, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/816
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 816, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
70 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 50 Democrats
50 of 70 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 40 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.