House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Embassy Security Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2018
- Committee actionJun 28, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 5, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2018 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4969.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4969, Improving Embassy Design and Security Act of 2018” on August 9, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 28, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54356
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4969, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4969
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 24, February 7, 2018, Page H975):Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 108 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4969, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4969
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7254dc92a57e06c635d445d6bc47d006b703940f182015471fbd38f2044a4fd5
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4969, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul.
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- H.R. 4744 (115th) Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
- H.R. 6018 (115th) Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2018
- H.R. 6439 (115th) Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018
Sponsor’s state and district
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.