House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act
Official title: To authorize and encourage the United States to pursue a model of locally-led development and humanitarian response and expand engagement with local actors and increase its local partner base.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee actionMar 26, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 10.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6196.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6196, Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act” on May 19, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62427
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6196, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4877):Section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6196, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c3df526cc897a9bef9e1a4d87ee598db7115a27e0dd5075ac7823dc020cdfb66
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 19, 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.
Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.