House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Atrocity Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4871.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Pages H3951-H3952):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To modify and expand the annual report required under the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 and require additional review of United States assistance provided to certain countries identified as being at risk of atrocities by such report.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 348 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4871, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- 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 July 24, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs.
- H.R. 7710 (118th) Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act
- H.R. 4422 (118th) Global Respect Act
- H.R. 3420 (118th) My Body, My Data Act of 2023
- H.Con.Res. 32 (118th) Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
- H.Con.Res. 102 (118th) Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
- H.R. 3008 (118th) Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023
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.