House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Exposing the Financing of Human Trafficking Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bryan Steil R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 233.
- 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. 167, No. 4, January 6, 2021, Page H117):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 233, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 23, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b8ce06d8489f871735e4105b92afc3118000d8b8f34022c917b0139a28106415
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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Carol Miller (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Van Taylor (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 2710 (117th) Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2021
- H.Res. 961 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House wing of the United States Capitol and House Office Buildings be open…
- H.Con.Res. 20 (117th) Expressing the sense of Congress that schools should safely reopen for in-person instruction as soon as possible.
- H.R. 9527 (117th) Putting Investors First Act of 2022
- H.R. 4216 (117th) To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to replace the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the United…
- H.Res. 1313 (117th) Recognizing the 10-year anniversary of the tragic attack that took place at the Oak Creek Sikh Gurdwara on August 5, 2012, and honoring…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.