House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop SIM Box Scams Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish prohibitions with respect to SIM boxes, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10705.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHREVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6020):Article 1 section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10705, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b778d1985992d773c4b35a048da8c9cd88c60156b8697d4d6c93292284f5495
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 15, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve.
- H.R. 1501 (119th) Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
- H.R. 3426 (119th) Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency Act of 2025
- H.R. 5490 (119th) Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
- H.R. 7003 (119th) BIS STRENGTH Act
- H.R. 7633 (119th) American Assistance Visibility Act
- H.R. 816 (119th) Build the Wall Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.