House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015

H.R. 3654Introduced Sep 30, 2015Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Ted Poe R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 30, 2015
Committee actionDec 9, 2015
Passed HouseDec 16, 2015 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 1, 2016 — Star Print ordered on the bill.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3654.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3654, Combat Terrorist Use of Social Media Act of 2015” on January 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2015”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2016 ↗
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January 13, 2016
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H.R. 3654, 114th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3654
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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September 22, 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. POE of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 142, September 30, 2015, Page H6749):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3654, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3654
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

12 of 19 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Randy Weber (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-2 district

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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.