House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to designate the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, to impose certain sanctions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Marlin Stutzman R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 21, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 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. 5808.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STUTZMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 174, October 21, 2025, Page H4548):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5808, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5808
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 December 5, 2025). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3787 (119th) Emergency Spending Accountability Act
- H.R. 9937 (119th) No Leniency for Fentanyl Dealers Act
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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.