House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Define to Defeat Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 11, 2024
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Apr 11, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. D'ESPOSITO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2317):Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide a definition of antisemitism for the enforcement of covered civil rights laws.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7945, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Randy Weber (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anthony D'Esposito.
- H.R. 5401 (118th) 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 3224 (118th) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Extension Act of 2023
- H.R. 9748 (118th) Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act
- H.R. 8112 (118th) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to further require certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid program.
- H.R. 8146 (118th) Police Our Border Act
- H.Res. 883 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the slogan, "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is antisemitic…
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.