House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Justice for Ukrainian Children Act
Official title: To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. James Walkinshaw D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 10473.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):Article 1, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10473, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10473
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 21, 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 October 20, 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
48 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 42 Democrats
6 of 48 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), George Latimer (D-NY), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5724 (119th) FAST Justice Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 21, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.