House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
End U.N. Censorship Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5531.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4381):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation changes US policy and funding toward the iVerify program within the United Nations Development Programme.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 186 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5531, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 25, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
33a29700023c2ce567e3e600200aa1a850b211f9434f4e276569f555d988c451
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 November 25, 2024). 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), W. Steube (R-FL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ben Cline.
- H.R. 357 (118th) Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act
- H.R. 358 (118th) Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act
- H.R. 7737 (118th) One Agency Act
- H.R. 903 (118th) Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023
- H.R. 2933 (118th) Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act
- H.R. 4154 (118th) No Welfare for the Wealthy Act of 2023
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.