House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act
Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize strengthening of State and local law enforcement capabilities to combat transnational repression and terrorism threats related to transnational repression, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2025
- Committee actionApr 9, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2139.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2139, Strengthening State and Local Efforts to Counter Transnational Repression Act” on June 10, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 9, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61476
- CBO publication date
- June 10, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2139, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2139
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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. MAGAZINER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 49, March 14, 2025, Page H1163):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2139, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2139
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3a9c3c2d4e5ac0bde310e97811863b57e1910254d3f1877cb16b8786e2a7158
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of July 9, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gabe Evans (R-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), August Pfluger (R-TX), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Seth Magaziner.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.