House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2013
- Committee actionFeb 27, 2014
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2014 · 297–117
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2548.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act of 2014” on March 12, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 27, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45183
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2548, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-433 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 2, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/433
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2548, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ef729ab42fe535b25ba530062e1a59fed26f05de53056b829c0865b08567c57
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- 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 H4144):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2548, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2548
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1ef729ab42fe535b25ba530062e1a59fed26f05de53056b829c0865b08567c57
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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
117 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 72 Democrats
72 of 117 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Andy Barr (R-KY), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) and 87 more.
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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.