House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Countering Chinese Threats to U.S. National Security in Africa Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5931.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 166, October 11, 2023, Page H5000):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Countering Chinese threats to U.S. national security in Africa.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 162 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5931, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5931
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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 June 6, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Donald Davis (D-NC), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), James Moylan (R-GU), Troy Nehls (R-TX), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Rose.
- H.R. 1437 (118th) Black Vulture Relief Act of 2024
- H.R. 3161 (118th) CDFI Fund Transparency Act
- H.R. 7297 (118th) Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act
- H.Res. 341 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is important to maintain cash as a robust and viable payment option.
- H.Res. 1561 (118th) Condemning President Biden's remarks referring to President Trump's supporters as "garbage".
- H.R. 3398 (118th) Safe Access to Cash 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.