House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Global Respect Act

H.R. 3485Introduced May 25, 2021Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedMay 25, 2021
Committee actionSep 30, 2021
Passed HouseFeb 9, 2022 · 227–206
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 9, 2022 — 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. 3485.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3485, Global Respect Act” on November 5, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on September 30, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 2021 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57600
CBO publication date
November 5, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3485, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3485
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-224 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on January 10, 2022.
Source: Congress.gov, reported January 10, 2022 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3485, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3485
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 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. CICILLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 91, May 25, 2021, Page H2667):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3485, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 28, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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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

74 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 73 Democrats

1 of 74 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.

Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Val Demings (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ron Kind (D-WI), James Langevin (D-RI) and 44 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Cicilline.

Sponsor’s state and district

Rhode Island in Congress · RI-1 district

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