House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Accountability for Terrorist Perpetrators of October 7th Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2024
- Committee actionJul 10, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7914.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7914, Accountability for Terrorist Perpetrators of October 7th Act” on August 13, 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, August 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60631
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7914, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7914
- 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. SHERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 60, April 9, 2024, Page H2252):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign AffairsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 114 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7914, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7914
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
670c853fdef8d90f54f3d34700115518b3eaf02cf662c4bb3474d66dbd75bce8
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 27, 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
29 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 18 Democrats
11 of 29 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Erin Houchin (R-IN), David Kustoff (R-TN), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), David Trone (D-MD).
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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.