House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-17
To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, and for other purposes.
Became law on Jul 12, 2013.
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Royce R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 18, 2013 · 424–0
- Passed SenateJun 27, 2013 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 2, 2013
- Became lawJul 12, 2013
Latest action: Jul 12, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 113-17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1151.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROYCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1428):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1151, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1151
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 December 5, 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
86 cosponsors — 60 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 86 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Paul Broun (R-GA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), John Campbell (R-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Doug Collins (R-GA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Steve Daines (R-MT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and 56 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.
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- H.R. 5816 (113th) To extend the authorization for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
- H.R. 850 (113th) Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013
- H.R. 1771 (113th) North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2014
- H.R. 2548 (113th) Electrify Africa Act of 2014
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.