House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Foreign Spill Protection Act of 2016

H.R. 1684Introduced Mar 26, 2015Policy area: Environmental Protection

Where it went

IntroducedMar 26, 2015
Committee actionMar 2, 2016
Passed HouseApr 26, 2016 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 27, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1684.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1684, Foreign Oil Spill Protection Act of 2016” on April 22, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 22, 2016 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51494
CBO publication date
April 22, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-518 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on April 25, 2016.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 25, 2016 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1684
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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. CURBELO of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2113):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Commercial Activity Regulation
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1684, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

46 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 19 Democrats

19 of 46 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Curt Clawson (R-FL), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Gwen Graham (D-FL), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), David Jolly (R-FL), Walter Jones (R-NC), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Sean Maloney (D-NY), John Mica (R-FL) and 16 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-26 district

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