House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Children from Foreign Mutilation Act
Official title: To require the imposition of visa sanctions with respect to each foreign person the President determines has performed or otherwise facilitated chemical or surgical mutilations of United States minors, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6876.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McDOWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6117):Article I Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of AmericaSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6876, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6876
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 13, 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.
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mike Bost (R-IL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Mary Miller (R-IL), Tim Moore (R-NC), John Rose (R-TN), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), David Taylor (R-OH), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Addison McDowell.
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- H.R. 7625 (119th) MTS CYBER Act of 2026
- H.Res. 447 (119th) Condemning antisemitism and remembering Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.
- H.R. 7184 (119th) PRESS Act
- H.R. 3725 (119th) Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act
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.