House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
African Diaspora Council Act
Official title: To establish the Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 784.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H407):Constitutional authority: This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1Sec. 8Cl. 18).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 249 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 784, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/784
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 17, 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 April 17, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
- H.R. 5185 (119th) To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.
- H.R. 5021 (119th) American Decade of Sports Act
- H.R. 4332 (119th) YALI Act of 2025
- H.R. 4505 (119th) Export Controls Enforcement Act
- H.R. 7669 (119th) Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act
- H.R. 4995 (119th) Enduring Welcome Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.