House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
Official title: To extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2026.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionMar 26, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 8, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 2026 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1744.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1744, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2025” on April 14, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62313
- CBO publication date
- April 14, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1744, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1744
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- 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. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H921):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1744, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1744
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43796f078756b16e6278a22f8c33c1cb5e6c00b3390b62ac6b088e491f7e55b1
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 16, 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
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Related bills
- S. 3984 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.