House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Gallagher R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 10, 2023
- Committee actionDec 13, 2023
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2024 · 419–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5917.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5917, Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act” on January 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 13, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 8, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59850
- CBO publication date
- January 8, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5917, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5917
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 165, October 10, 2023, Page H4994):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act to modify and extend that Act and require reporting by the Department of Defense on countering the use of human shields.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 257 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5917, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5917
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). 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
36 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 36 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Carol Miller (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Bill Posey (R-FL), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Gallagher.
- H.R. 7521 (118th) Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act
- H.R. 915 (118th) Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act
- H.R. 4577 (118th) Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act
- H.R. 1803 (118th) CURD Act
- H.R. 4545 (118th) Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act
- H.R. 4865 (118th) IDB Transparency Act
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.