House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Global Fragility Act

H.R. 2116Introduced Apr 8, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedApr 8, 2019
Committee actionApr 9, 2019
Passed HouseMay 20, 2019 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 21, 2019 — 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. 2116.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2116, Global Fragility Act” on April 29, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 29, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55172
CBO publication date
April 29, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2116, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2116
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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. 165, No. 60, April 8, 2019, Page H3129):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2116, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2116
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

20 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats

6 of 20 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.

Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Ed Case (D-HI), James Cooper (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Michael McCaul (R-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Greg Pence (R-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Ron Wright (R-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th 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 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.