House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DEFUND Act of 2025
Official title: To terminate membership by the United States in the United Nations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chip Roy R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1498.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H730):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1498, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 January 17, 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Republicans
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Elijah Crane (R-AZ), Randy Fine (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Michael Rulli (R-OH), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chip Roy.
- H.R. 2159 (119th) Count the Crimes to Cut Act
- H.Res. 1057 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1383) to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes…
- H.Res. 1189 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building…
- H.Res. 354 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 60) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 405 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2240) to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against…
- H.R. 22 (119th) SAVE Act
Related bills
- S. 669 (119th) DEFUND Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.