House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Strengthening US-Caribbean Partnership Act
Official title: To provide for the treatment of the Caribbean Community as an international organization for purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3678.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 94, June 3, 2025, Page H2419):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3678, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3678
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER Act
- H.R. 6347 (119th) Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7675 (119th) Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
- H.Res. 1559 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 4318 (119th) Head Start for Our Future Act
- H.R. 10642 (119th) Stop the Settlements Act
Related bills
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.