House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7649.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 220 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7649, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7649
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 16, 2024
- 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 16, 2024). 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Republicans
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Greg Lopez (R-CO), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), W. Steube (R-FL), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
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.