House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Official title: To ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt extracted or processed with the use of child or forced labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo do not enter the United States market.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2026
- Committee actionSep 16, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 8.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10346.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 143, September 10, 2026, Page H5532):Article I, Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10346, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 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 September 28, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 7981 (118th) Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.