House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act

H.R. 3542Introduced Jul 28, 2017Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedJul 28, 2017
Committee actionNov 15, 2017
Passed HouseFeb 14, 2018 · 415–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 15, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3542.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3542, Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act” on December 8, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2017”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3542, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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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. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 128, July 28, 2017, Page H6577):
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States of America
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3542, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 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

21 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent

7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Andy Barr (R-KY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John Curtis (R-UT), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Paul Mitchell (I-MI), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Carolina in Congress · SC-2 district

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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.