House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Sheila Jackson Lee Stop Human Trafficking in School Zones Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10228.
- 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. 170, No. 173, November 21, 2024, Page H6192):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The bill increases the punishment of those convicted of human trafficking, transferring of obscene material to minors, aggravated sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation of children within a school zone.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 352 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10228, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 August 20, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
John Carter (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Erica Lee Carter (D-TX), James Moylan (R-GU), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.