House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Black Sea Security Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1680.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 51, March 21, 2023, Page H1302):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require the executive branch to establish and report on a U.S. strategy for the Black Sea.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1680, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 CBO cost estimate or 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 — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
9 of 20 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Carol Miller (R-WV), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Michael Turner (R-OH), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Keating.
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- H.R. 2560 (118th) Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1063 (118th) Reaffirming the United States full and unwavering commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in its 75th anniversary year and…
- H.Res. 81 (118th) Calling on the President to support the creation of a Special Tribunal for the Punishment of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
- H.R. 1809 (118th) Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
- H.Res. 872 (118th) Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat antisemitism in Europe.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.