House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act
Official title: To impose sanctions relating to undermining democracy in Pakistan.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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. 5271.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUIZENGA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5271, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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
113 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 83 Democrats, 1 independent
84 of 113 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Barrett (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and 83 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.