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Burma GAP Act

H.R. 4140Introduced Jun 25, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Official title: To provide protection, support, and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people in Burma as well as promote accountability and a path out of genocide and crimes against humanity for Rohingya.

Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 25, 2025
Committee actionJul 22, 2025
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 5.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4140.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4140, Burma Genocide Accountability and Protection Act” on September 11, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 22, 2025”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2025 ↗
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H.R. 4140, 119th Congress
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September 19, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 109, June 25, 2025, Page H2970):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
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H.R. 4140, 119th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 19, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 24, 2026
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3493d84b6b39d27f2c6766b624306305892e07f2048545728a01fab59090b7d3
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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

22 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 17 Democrats

5 of 22 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.

Ami Bera (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Michael McCaul (R-TX), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-5 district

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