House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Homeland Security Strategy for International Programs Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bennie Thompson D-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2016
- Committee actionMar 23, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4780.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4780, Department of Homeland Security Strategy for International Programs Act” on May 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 23, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51576
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4780, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4780
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-566 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on May 13, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/566
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4780, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
96a8e714bddb4f9bb57c5256772512cf94e9e2699f4c1204aaa15b67650d44c8
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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. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1462):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4780, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4780
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
96a8e714bddb4f9bb57c5256772512cf94e9e2699f4c1204aaa15b67650d44c8
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.