House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
To permanently authorize Radio Free Asia, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2010
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 18, 2010 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4886.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3104, which became Public Law 111-202 on 7/13/2010.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4886, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/4886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 2, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 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
31 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 31 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Anh Cao (R-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), James McGovern (D-MA), Candice Miller (R-MI), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), William Thornberry (R-TX), Michael Turner (R-OH), Timothy Walz (D-MN) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.
- H.R. 3593 (111th) To amend the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to extend by one year the operation of Radio Free Asia, and for other…
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- H.Res. 20 (111th) Calling on the State Department to list the Socialist Republic of Vietnam as a "Country of Particular Concern" with respect to religious…
- H.R. 4986 (111th) North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2010
- H.Res. 164 (111th) Condemning Pakistan's release of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan from house arrest.
- H.Res. 1266 (111th) Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.