House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide for lump sum catch-up payments for certain 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victims and 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victims.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Aug 1, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 133, August 1, 2025, Page H3674):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4863, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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
46 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 46 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), James Comer (R-KY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Michael Guest (R-MS), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Mike Levin (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Richard McCormick (R-GA), John McGuire (R-VA) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions.
- H.R. 5125 (119th) District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025
- H.R. 8312 (119th) Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
- H.R. 3420 (119th) Words Matter Act of 2025
- H.R. 2277 (119th) FACT Act
- H.R. 8290 (119th) China Exchange Rate Accountability Act of 2026
- H.R. 1175 (119th) Blind Americans Return to Work Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 3, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.