House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
VOICE Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 5670.
- 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. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4459):Article 1, Section VIII of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To support free and fair presidential elections in Venezuela.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 163 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5670, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5670
- 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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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 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
17 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 6 Democrats
11 of 17 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
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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.