House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-141
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2017
- Committee actionMay 3, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2017 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateFeb 28, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMar 22, 2018
- To the PresidentMar 23, 2018
- Became lawMar 23, 2018
Latest action: Mar 23, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-141.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1625.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1625, Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking Act.” on May 11, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 3, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52716
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2f31a4406c4d5e481b2e4be675bbf4ce27f15159fa2c334d2c97e38de00cdc3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1625, Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking Act” on May 11, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 3, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52716
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2f31a4406c4d5e481b2e4be675bbf4ce27f15159fa2c334d2c97e38de00cdc3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1625, Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking Act” on February 15, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 7, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53589
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2f31a4406c4d5e481b2e4be675bbf4ce27f15159fa2c334d2c97e38de00cdc3
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROYCE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 48, March 20, 2017, Page H2240):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1625, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1625
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2f31a4406c4d5e481b2e4be675bbf4ce27f15159fa2c334d2c97e38de00cdc3
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1625, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
40 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
18 of 40 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Tom Marino (R-PA), Brian Mast (R-FL), James McGovern (D-MA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Luke Messer (R-IN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL) and 10 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.