House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Upholding Human Rights Abroad Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8333.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 114, July 12, 2022, Page H5975):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8333, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8333
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
27c5315953ab903212186db8bd7d4d865372bd95039c50590eb079abcd33d5fa
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 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs.
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- H.R. 8852 (117th) End Veteran Hunger Act of 2022
- H.R. 8111 (117th) My Body, My Data Act of 2022
- H.R. 4420 (117th) United States Commitment to Peacekeeping Act of 2021
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.