House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018

H.R. 4591Introduced Dec 7, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedDec 7, 2017
Committee actionSep 27, 2018
Passed HouseNov 27, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 28, 2018 — 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. 4591.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4591, Preventing Destabilization of Iraq Act of 2018” on October 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 27, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2018 ↗
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CBO publication date
October 12, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4591, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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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. KINZINGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 200, December 7, 2017, Page H9757):
Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 3 and 18 of the U.S. Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 7, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4591, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4591
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 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

17 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 17 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Pete Olson (R-TX), Scott Perry (R-PA), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Steve Russell (R-OK), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Randy Weber (R-TX), Lee Zeldin (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-16 district

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Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.