House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
AFFECT Human Rights in Venezuela Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4086.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 103, June 13, 2023, Page H2886):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Extending the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela until there is a resolution to the political and humanitarian crisis in the country.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 273 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4086, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4086
- 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
16 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 9 Democrats
7 of 16 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL).
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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.