House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
STS Act
Official title: To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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. 10642.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6019):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10642, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 23, 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
55 cosponsors — 55 Democrats
0 of 55 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Everton Blair (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 4490 (119th) PARTNER Act
- H.R. 6347 (119th) Global Child Thrive Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7675 (119th) Securing Partner Supply Chains Act
- H.Res. 1559 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 14, 2026, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 4318 (119th) Head Start for Our Future Act
- H.Res. 969 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 8, 2025, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.