House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Represent America Abroad Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6054.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 176, October 25, 2023, Page H5107):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill The single subject of this legislation is: This bill promotes diversity in the Foreign Service by modifies a mid-career entry program into the Foreign Service to be geared toward racial and ethnic minorities.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 669 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6054, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6054
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 11, 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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katie Porter (D-CA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.