House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2021 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4526.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4526, City and State Diplomacy Act” on August 25, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 25, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57441
- CBO publication date
- August 25, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4526, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16317bd7f4ad1698a9a2921e6921634f6a66bcf5b487f7ed322031b65211f2b9
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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. LIEU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 126, July 19, 2021, Page H3669):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4526, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16317bd7f4ad1698a9a2921e6921634f6a66bcf5b487f7ed322031b65211f2b9
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4526, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
21 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 19 Democrats
2 of 21 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Ed Case (D-HI), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), William Keating (D-MA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Dina Titus (D-NV), David Trone (D-MD), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ted Lieu.
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- H.R. 23 (117th) Inspector General Protection Act
- H.R. 404 (117th) Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act
- H.R. 4146 (117th) Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1195 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
- H.Res. 490 (117th) Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.