House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Safeguarding Endangered Children, Unaccompanied and at Risk of Exploitation Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 12, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5415.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 147, September 12, 2023, Page H4265):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Child TraffickingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 91 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5415, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5415
- 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), H. Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 7213 (118th) Autism CARES Act of 2024
- H.R. 5856 (118th) Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 1154 (118th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023
- H.R. 1103 (118th) Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act
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- H.Res. 1172 (118th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
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.