House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AIDA
Official title: To establish a comprehensive strategy to support African and Caribbean diaspora engagement in development through reduced remittance costs, investment incentives, and institutional partnerships.
Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2026 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Jackson (IL) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4586, a bill originally introduced by Representative Cherfilus-McCormick for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4586.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3553):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4586, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 September 3, 2026). 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 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
- H.R. 5676 (119th) Stop Stealing Our Jobs Act
- H.R. 1597 (119th) Compassion for Vulnerable and Struggling Workers Act
- H.R. 1114 (119th) L’Ouverture Economic Development Plan for Haiti Act of 2025
- H.R. 3489 (119th) Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act
- H.Res. 829 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the pay disparity between disabled women and both disabled and nondisabled men.
- H.R. 2927 (119th) All-Americans Tax Relief Act of 2025
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.