House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Vietnam Human Rights Act
Official title: To advance United States national interests by prioritizing the protection of internationally recognized human rights and development of the rule of law in relations between the United States and Vietnam, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 30, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3122.
- 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. 72, April 30, 2025, Page H1776):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3122, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3122
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4f652a3bfb75b47d0ab878ae2bccbb0cf33d7fd84361c0124c59ddaf415eed68
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 December 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3122, last updated December 19, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Derek Tran (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5160 (119th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
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.