House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act
Sponsor: Rep. William Keating D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Committee actionNov 4, 2015
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2016 · 415–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2285.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2285, Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act” on December 10, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 4, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51081
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2285, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2285, Prevent Trafficking in Cultural Property Act” on September 19, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 14, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52027
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2285, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 114-380,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 114-380,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/380
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/380 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2285, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 73, May 13, 2015, Page H2958):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2285, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c2dada5ca8617a78472666cabf1ffa8198eadee233e0c2a1ba70ad58ec08ebd
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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
19 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 12 Democrats
7 of 19 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John Katko (R-NY), James Langevin (D-RI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Ed Royce (R-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), David Scott (D-GA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Keating.
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- H.R. 5598 (114th) Plymouth 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2016
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- H.R. 5599 (114th) Plymouth 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2016
- H.R. 2335 (114th) Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills Act of 2015
- H.R. 5495 (114th) To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be included in the NICS database, and for other purposes.
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.