House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2014
- Committee actionApr 2, 2014
- Passed HouseMay 6, 2014 · 388–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4292.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4292, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act” on April 22, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 2, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45296
- CBO publication date
- April 22, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4292, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 113-435 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 6, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 6, 2014 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4292, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2644):The constitutional authority on which this legislation is based is found in article I, section 8, clause 9; article III, section 1, clause 1; and article III, section 2, clause 2, of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
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- H.R. 4292, 113th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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