House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2014 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5190.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GERLACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6815):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following. Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5190, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cfef10e513dbb7293e480fd4cda9a932c513443923f3db3f4f55151789c31950
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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5190, 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
23 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 23 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), James Himes (D-CT), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Sander Levin (D-MI), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Tom Marino (R-PA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), James Renacci (R-OH), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Steve Stockman (R-TX), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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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.