House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Ethnic Cleansing and Atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 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. 5686.
- 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. 154, September 22, 2023, Page H4463):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign PolicySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5686, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5686
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81068553144a3fbd43c5a00c18574c5881a9ed1fbdd6785d06ec4ae95073f7f4
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 September 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
25 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 25 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), J. Hill (R-AR), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
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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.