House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bryan Steil R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2149.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3218):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2149, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2149
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 23, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 23, 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
50 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 50 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Bill Flores (R-TX), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Al Lawson (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Carol Miller (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Scott Perry (R-PA) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 3050 (116th) Expanding Investment in Small Businesses Act
- H.R. 6407 (116th) To rescind the appropriation made to the Kennedy Center in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
- H.R. 5116 (116th) Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2019
- H.R. 4918 (116th) Helping Startups Continue to Grow Act
- H.R. 6015 (116th) Stop Evasion of Iran Sanctions Act of 2020
- H.R. 7602 (116th) Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.