House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Combating Transnational Repression Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2024
- Committee actionApr 10, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7443.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7443, Countering Transnational Repression Act of 2024” on May 28, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 10, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60335
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7443, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- 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. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 33, February 23, 2024, Page H693):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires DHS and HSI to establish an office to combat transnational repression.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 153 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7443, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a9aec196ef0eb88ef90ed4c53920184818f78d7fc9357bb0bedcb6f2c676a969
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 9, 2026). 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
9 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Dan Bishop (R-NC), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Michael Guest (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Dale Strong (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. August Pfluger.
- H.R. 192 (118th) To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the…
- H.R. 1516 (118th) DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
- H.R. 3343 (118th) Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
- H.R. 5947 (118th) To provide for the rescission of certain waivers and licenses relating to Iran, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 57 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel.
- H.R. 7176 (118th) Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024
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.