House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-273
War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act
Became law on Dec 27, 2022.
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2021
- Committee actionJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2021 · 412–9
- Passed SenateDec 15, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2022
- Became lawDec 27, 2022
Latest action: Dec 27, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4250.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4250, War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act” on August 24, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57439
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2021
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4250, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4250, War Crimes Rewards Expansion Act” on June 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 14, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58240
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4250, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a5becf0b18f25ca97ab504d85cda369c1acc46ad0ee05506659dbf939789d2
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 114, June 30, 2021, Page H3580):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 grants Congress the power to ``To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 175 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4250, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8a5becf0b18f25ca97ab504d85cda369c1acc46ad0ee05506659dbf939789d2
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 committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4250, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Van Taylor (R-TX), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.