House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Balkans Security Cooperation Act
Official title: To require a report on security cooperation with respect to Western Balkan countries.
Sponsor: Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10748.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 157, October 5, 2026, Page H6027):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10748, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10748
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.