House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Study To Observe and Prevent (STOP) Human Trafficking Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4070.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 108, June 22, 2021, Page H3007):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4070, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 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
27 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 27 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Darren Soto (D-FL), David Valadao (R-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.