House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2024
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 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. 7089.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7089, Global Anti-Human Trafficking Enhancement Act” on February 15, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 6, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 15, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59976
- CBO publication date
- February 15, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7089, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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. JAMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 14, January 25, 2024, Page H253):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign AffairsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7089, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f0d07c49d975122f91b68b6f02261468768d8fb2208996fd4795aca3a236abf2
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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7089, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Erin Houchin (R-IN), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John James.
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- H.R. 7858 (118th) TELEMH Act of 2024
- H.J.Res. 136 (118th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…
- H.R. 7256 (118th) U.S.-South Africa Bilateral Relations Review 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.