House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act

H.R. 7276Introduced Mar 29, 2022Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 29, 2022
Committee actionApr 5, 2022
Passed HouseApr 6, 2022 · 418–7
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 14, 2022 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 417.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7276.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7276, Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability 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 ↗
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June 27, 2022
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H.R. 7276, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 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. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 55, March 29, 2022, Page H3971):
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
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H.R. 7276, 117th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 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

25 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 12 Democrats

12 of 25 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), J. Hill (R-AR), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William Keating (D-MA), Young Kim (R-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), David Valadao (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-10 district

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