House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2014
- Committee actionNov 20, 2014
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2014 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5656.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5656, Global Food Security Act of 2014” on December 2, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 20, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 2, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49813
- CBO publication date
- December 2, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5656, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5a461d0fed899b865b2f112f087a62887163548e6030d4358878b1bd83fb113
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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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7892):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5656, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5a461d0fed899b865b2f112f087a62887163548e6030d4358878b1bd83fb113
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5656, last updated April 7, 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
20 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 20 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), David Reichert (R-WA), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 3212 (113th) Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014
- H.R. 7 (113th) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014
- H.R. 2283 (113th) Human Trafficking Prioritization Act
- H.R. 4573 (113th) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
- H.R. 1897 (113th) Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2013
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.