House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain membership status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Nov 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6262.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 197, November 21, 2025, Page H4897):The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote theSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- Statement length
- 378 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6262, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 18, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Vince Fong (R-CA), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lance Gooden.
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- H.R. 1168 (119th) Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2025
- H.R. 6792 (119th) Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 7387 (119th) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026
- H.R. 7035 (119th) Credit Card Competition Act of 2026
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.