House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 5, 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 the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 3.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8936.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8936, Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection Act” on September 27, 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, September 27, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60533
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8936, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8936
- 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. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 111, July 5, 2024, Page H4457):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To provide protection, support, and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people as well as promote accountability and a path out of genocide and crimes against humanity for Rohingya.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8936, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8936
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
727215c47fb78ab075929a0f7101b1ea4baafc7934f446625fb75a3861c9b41e
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 committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8936, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
16 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 13 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
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- H.R. 5375 (118th) Strengthening the Quad Act
- H.R. 1151 (118th) USA Act
- H.R. 2795 (118th) Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
- H.R. 3246 (118th) Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023
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.