House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-291
United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016
Became law on Dec 16, 2016.
Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 14, 2016
- Committee actionApr 20, 2016
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2016 · 386–6
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 13, 2016
- To the PresidentDec 15, 2016
- Became lawDec 16, 2016
Latest action: Dec 16, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-291.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4939.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4939, United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016” on June 1, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 20, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51645
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4939, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
240f301d8b0d15577323648904f76fba57e80f5efbc88c66c101cff41f6cbebe
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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. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 57, April 14, 2016, Page H1736):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4939, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
240f301d8b0d15577323648904f76fba57e80f5efbc88c66c101cff41f6cbebe
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 4, 2026). 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 — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
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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.