House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Somaliland Travel and Investment Act
Official title: To improve the ability of United States citizens and businesses to travel to and invest within Somaliland.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10461.
- 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. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10461, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 5, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 6, 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.
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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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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 6, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.