House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Victims' VOICES Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2024
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAGEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 18, January 31, 2024, Page H365):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To clarify that restitution includes necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by a person who has assumed the victim's rightsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 190 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7170, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Jim Costa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harriet Hageman.
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- H.R. 1245 (118th) Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2023
- H.R. 2595 (118th) Forfeiture Funds Expenditure 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.