House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act
Official title: To authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to the Houthis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Darrell Issa R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2025
- Committee actionDec 3, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1848.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1848, Houthi Human Rights Accountability Act” on December 19, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61958
- CBO publication date
- December 19, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1848, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1848, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1848
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.
Laura Gillen (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Darrell Issa.
- H.R. 1526 (119th) NORRA of 2025
- H.R. 5682 (119th) To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 300 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3770 (119th) FIREARM Act
- H.R. 1109 (119th) Litigation Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 1702 (119th) JUDGES Act of 2025
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.