House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Preventing the Recognition of Terrorist States Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit actions recognizing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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. 6871.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 41 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6871, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- 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 January 21, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace.
- H.R. 5235 (119th) Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025
- H.R. 30 (119th) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- H.R. 872 (119th) Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2985 (119th) Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 5000 (119th) Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
- H.R. 3455 (119th) Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
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.