1HOUSE · MAY 19, 2025
Passed the House
334–51PASSED
R 143–50 D 191–1
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 132 · 47 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Strengthening the Quad Act
Official title: To require a strategy for bolstering engagement and cooperation between the United States, Australia, India, and Japan and to seek to establish a Quad Inter-Parliamentary Working Group to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2025 · 334–51
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1263.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H678):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1263, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1263
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 1263. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.