House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024

H.R. 7025Introduced Jan 17, 2024Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJ

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 17, 2024
Committee actionJul 10, 2024
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 11, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7025.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7025, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024” on July 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 11, 2024”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2024 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60525
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July 18, 2024
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7025, 118th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7025
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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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. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 9, January 17, 2024, Page H189):
Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Policy
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2024 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7025, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7025
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
568441cbf6407ec9b6ae29142d600eff836cd947e71e8c5d8f2e69271586528c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 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

17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 10 Democrats

10 of 17 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-4 district

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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.