House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018

H.R. 5273Introduced Mar 14, 2018Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedMar 14, 2018
Committee actionSep 27, 2018
Passed HouseNov 27, 2018 · 376–16
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. 5273.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5273, Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018” on November 14, 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, November 14, 2018 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54675
CBO publication date
November 14, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5273, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 22, 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. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 45, March 14, 2018, Page H1608):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2018 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5273, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5273
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

15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats

7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Paul Cook (R-CA), John Faso (R-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Francis Rooney (R-FL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Ann Wagner (R-MO).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-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.