House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the "Eliot L. Engel Building".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2026
- Committee actionMay 13, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 13, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 7.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8562.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8562, a bill to designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the “Eliot L. Engel Building”” on May 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 13, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62467
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8562, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6662e2cef30e79bac35562fb3c0965612918efa8380d8bed5cb13dec1ee1b27
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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. TORRES of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 74, April 28, 2026, Page H3133):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8562, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8562
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6662e2cef30e79bac35562fb3c0965612918efa8380d8bed5cb13dec1ee1b27
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8562, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
William Keating (D-MA), George Latimer (D-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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.