House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DETERRENCE Act
Official title: To authorize sentencing enhancements for certain criminal offenses directed by or coordinated with foreign governments.
Sponsor: Rep. Ann Wagner R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2394.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 55, March 26, 2025, Page H1303):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2394, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2394
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 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 July 22, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Wagner.
- H.R. 1512 (119th) Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act
- H.R. 2478 (119th) Financial Exploitation Prevention Act of 2025
- H.R. 3382 (119th) Small Entity Update Act
- H.R. 3383 (119th) Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3381 (119th) Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025
- H.R. 4429 (119th) Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 1136 (119th) DETERRENCE ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.