House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify provisions relating to kidnapping, sexual abuse, and illicit sexual conduct with respect to minors.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2735.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 63, April 8, 2025, Page H1508):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 39 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2735, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Barry Moore (R-AL), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 2071 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 7553 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
Related bills
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.