House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016

H.R. 4314Introduced Jan 5, 2016Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 5, 2016
Committee actionJan 7, 2016
Passed HouseMar 21, 2016 · 371–2
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 4, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4314.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4314, Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act of 2016” on March 11, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 7, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2016 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51376
CBO publication date
March 11, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4314, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4314
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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. ZELDIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 2, January 5, 2016, Page H14):
Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 5, 2016 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4314, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4314
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77a089630a215d96b9484286c0f928cbe7c64aad8e97bc09120380adc6e9640c
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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

9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent

2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.

Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Martha McSally (R-AZ), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lee Zeldin.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-1 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.