House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2023 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1662)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1833.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 56, March 28, 2023, Page H1528):Section 8 Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: LegislatingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 74 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1833, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1833
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 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
205 cosponsors — 205 Democrats
0 of 205 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) and 175 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Garcia.
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- H.Res. 114 (118th) In the matter of George Santos.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.