House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Ed Royce R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2014
- Committee actionApr 30, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 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. 4490.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4490, United States International Communications Reform Act of 2014” on June 24, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 30, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45473
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4490, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4490
- 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. 113-541 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 18, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/541
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4490, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4490
- 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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- 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 H3241):Article I, section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4490, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4490
- 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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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
15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Steve Chabot (R-OH), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Walter Jones (R-NC), William Keating (D-MA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Steve Stockman (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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
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.