House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 16, 2016 · 402–15
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 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. 5471.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 94, June 14, 2016, Page H3816):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or an Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5471, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5471
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
13 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 13 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Earl Carter (R-GA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Will Hurd (R-TX), John Katko (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Peter King (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Candice Miller (R-MI), John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
- H.R. 5859 (114th) Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act
- H.R. 3875 (114th) Department of Homeland Security CBRNE Defense Act of 2015
- H.R. 3572 (114th) DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 1731 (114th) National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015
- H.R. 3381 (114th) Childhood Cancer STAR Act
- H.R. 4038 (114th) American SAFE Act of 2015
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.