House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act

H.R. 406Introduced Jan 20, 2023Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJan 20, 2023
Committee actionFeb 28, 2023
Passed HouseMar 23, 2023 · 388–33
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 27, 2023 — 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. 406.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 406, ASEAN Act” on March 13, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 28, 2023”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2023 ↗
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March 13, 2023
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H.R. 406, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
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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. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H251):
Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution of the United States
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H.R. 406, 118th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 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

24 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 17 Democrats

7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-20 district

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