House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act

H.R. 5408Introduced Dec 12, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedDec 12, 2019
Committee actionMar 4, 2020
Passed HouseNov 18, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 30, 2020 — 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. 5408.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5408, Ukraine Religious Freedom Support Act” on March 26, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2020”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 2020 ↗
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March 26, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5408, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 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. 165, No. 199, December 12, 2019, Page H10258):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 12, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5408, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

22 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 22 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Marc Veasey (D-TX).

More from the sponsor

Other 116th 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 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.