House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
HOPE for Victims of Human Trafficking Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Dec 18, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5080.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SPANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 182, November 14, 2019, Page H8879):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 14, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5080, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5080
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8816f01584671f3d68d8e932fd91a7d3131fe006b91dd4921369f94756f7c1c
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 3, 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
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mark Green (R-TN), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Al Lawson (D-FL), Brian Mast (R-FL), Dean Phillips (D-MN), John Rutherford (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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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.