House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2014 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. 5416.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WOLF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7296):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests in the preamble of the Constitution providing for the ``common defense'' and in the powers governing national security in Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5416, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5416
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2f46900edbf6b064b8295335d0e3cabfededcb3b70385e55b7da3df08754d70d
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5416, last updated December 5, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf.
- H.R. 4653 (113th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2014
- H.R. 4660 (113th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 301 (113th) To provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South…
- H.Res. 603 (113th) Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 2787 (113th) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.Res. 36 (113th) Establishing a select committee to investigate and report on the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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.