House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law

Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016

H.R. 5732Introduced Jul 12, 2016Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJul 12, 2016
Committee actionJul 14, 2016
Passed HouseNov 15, 2016 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 16, 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. 5732.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5732, Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2016” on September 13, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 14, 2016”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2016 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51993
CBO publication date
September 13, 2016
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5732, 114th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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. 112, July 12, 2016, Page H4815):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2016 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5732, 114th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 2026
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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

89 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 46 Democrats, 1 independent

42 of 89 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Andy Barr (R-KY), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Diane Black (R-TN), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Robert Dold (R-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 59 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-16 district

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