House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2015
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2015 · 423–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4239.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LoBIONDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 180, December 11, 2015, Page H9307):The intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States government including those under Title 50, are carried out to support the national security interests of the United States, to support and assist the armed forces of the United States, and to support the President in the execution of the foreign policy of the United States. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides, in pertinent part, that ``Congress shall have power . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States''; ``. . . to raise and support armies . . .''; and ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 859 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4239, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo.
- H.R. 944 (114th) To reauthorize the National Estuary Program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 228 (114th) Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2015
- H.Res. 845 (114th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 17 through September 24, 2016, as National Estuaries Week.
- H.R. 416 (114th) Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2015
- H.R. 569 (114th) To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast…
- H.R. 763 (114th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care…
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.