House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
BRAVE Burma Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2024
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 27, 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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. 8863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 108, June 27, 2024, Page H4411):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution; The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 to extend the sunset, to require a determination with respect to the imposition of sanctions on certain persons of Burma, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 506 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8863, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8863
- 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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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 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
15 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 15 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Blake Moore (R-UT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.