House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Jamal Khashoggi Protection of Activists and Press Freedom Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Schiff D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5855.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4912):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign affairs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5855, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5855
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 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 June 11, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff.
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- H.R. 5048 (118th) Protecting Our Democracy Act
- H.J.Res. 13 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate…
- H.R. 4184 (118th) Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023
- H.R. 4392 (118th) PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023
- H.R. 6063 (118th) Empowering Striking Workers 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.