House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jul 12, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4570.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 119, July 12, 2023, Page H3477):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign AffairsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 115 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4570, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4570
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 — 2 Republicans, 18 Democrats
2 of 20 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), James Himes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
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- H.Res. 935 (118th) Calling for the safe, timely, and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.