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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025

H.R. 4863Introduced Aug 1, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

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.

Sponsor: Rep. Pete Sessions R-TX
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Where it went

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.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4863, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 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

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-17 district

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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.