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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To permanently authorize Radio Free Asia, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4886Introduced Mar 18, 2010Policy area: International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Royce R-CA
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Where it went

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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4886, last updated January 2, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-40 district

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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.