House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit a report on emerging threats posed to the Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Bell D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2025
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5543.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5543, Baltic Security Assessment Act of 2025” on May 12, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62402
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5543, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5543
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 156, September 23, 2025, Page H4494):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5543, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5543
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
101 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 70 Democrats
31 of 101 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.