House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
End the Cyprus Embargo Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 1, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8212.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 75, May 1, 2024, Page H2830):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: DefenseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 398 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8212, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2024
- 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 August 14, 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
19 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 14 Democrats
5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Grace Meng (D-NY), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV).
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.