House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act

H.R. 4587Introduced May 7, 2014Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 7, 2014
Committee actionMay 9, 2014
Passed HouseMay 28, 2014 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 21, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4587.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4587, Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act” on May 23, 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, May 23, 2014 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45394
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May 23, 2014
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4587, 113th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3940):
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
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H.R. 4587, 113th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4587
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 23, 2026
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058bcb778668684775f578a099abe40afefc783fa27c9b38350f770bb9f8456c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). 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

22 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 9 Democrats

9 of 22 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Ted Poe (R-TX), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Ted Yoho (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-27 district

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