House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Journalist Protection Act
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a penalty for assault against journalists, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 5, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3203.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 74, May 5, 2025, Page H1855):Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution, specifically Clause 18 (relating to the powerto make laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in congress).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3203, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3203
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 6, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eric Swalwell.
- H.R. 820 (119th) Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3740 (119th) Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025
- H.R. 3607 (119th) MARSHALS Act
- H.R. 7380 (119th) IRAN Act
- H.R. 6284 (119th) Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
- H.R. 403 (119th) Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
Related bills
- S. 1601 (119th) Journalist Protection ActIdentical bill
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.