House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Efforts to End Violence Against Children Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4798.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3890):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Increase awareness of global violence against children and strengthen U.S. government coordination.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 174 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4798, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 17, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 17, 2024). 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 77 (118th) Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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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.