House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2014
- Committee actionMar 25, 2014
- Passed HouseMar 27, 2014 · 399–19
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2014 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4278.
- 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 H2566):Article I, section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b6391b8c304583dfaaa95abcbfc35c5420d7dac63c14c09ddeb59dcbc63b245
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 noteFor further action, see S.2183, which became Public Law 113-96 on 4/3/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5b6391b8c304583dfaaa95abcbfc35c5420d7dac63c14c09ddeb59dcbc63b245
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4278, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Paul Cook (R-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Luke Messer (R-IN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Steve Stockman (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ed Royce.
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- H.R. 5681 (113th) To provide for the approval of the Amendment to the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of…
- 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
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.