House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Western Balkans Democracy and Prosperity Act
Official title: To encourage increased trade and investment between the United States and the countries in the Western Balkans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. William Keating D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5274.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5274, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5274
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 5, 2026
- 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 January 5, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Keating.
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- H.R. 2504 (119th) The U.S.-European Nuclear Energy Cooperation Act of 2025
- H.R. 7016 (119th) No Funds for NATO Invasion Act
- H.R. 10740 (119th) To designate Ukraine under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide certain nationals of Ukraine with continued…
- H.R. 3104 (119th) Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025
Related bills
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.