House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2025
Official title: To reauthorize and modify the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 7, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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. 3225.
- 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. 76, May 7, 2025, Page H1910):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3225, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3225
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 11, 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 February 11, 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.
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), William Keating (D-MA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
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- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
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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.