House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Coptic Churches Accountability Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5974.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TROTT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 135, September 8, 2016, Page H5225):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5974, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Mike Bishop (R-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Trott.
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- H.R. 2947 (114th) Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2016
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- H.Res. 559 (114th) Disapproving of Executive Order 13688 (regarding Federal support for local law enforcement equipment acquisition) issued by President…
- H.R. 4823 (114th) Bringing Entertainment Artists to the States (BEATS) Act of 2016
- H.R. 4898 (114th) No Dollars for Iran Act
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.