House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To remove the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from treatment as terrorist organizations and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4474.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GRANGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3198):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution that the Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 333 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4474, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4474
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 27, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e0ac5f137a70d81bffdf675b852e19803017250302b13633aa6643780339eab
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 January 27, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jared Polis (D-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kay Granger.
- H.R. 3658 (113th) Monuments Men Recognition Act of 2014
- H.R. 2855 (113th) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 5013 (113th) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 4143 (113th) Children in Families First Act of 2014
- H.R. 3323 (113th) Children in Families First Act of 2013
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.