House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Republic of Somaliland Independence Act
Official title: To recognize Somaliland of the Federal Republic of Somalia as a separate, independent country.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3992.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2823):Article 1 section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3992, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3992
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 23, 2025). 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), John Rose (R-TN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Perry.
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- H.R. 1342 (119th) Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act
- H.R. 1210 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
- H.R. 3563 (119th) Taiwan PLUS Act
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.