House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2014
- Committee actionJun 26, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2014 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4640.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4640, Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014” on July 29, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45600
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4640, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4060):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4640, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce93090dcc64607c96ccf30b289a2055a1df81a0eba764b226bf30671157d41
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 committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4640, last updated August 12, 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Gene Green (D-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Albio Sires (D-NJ).
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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.