House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
BIS STRENGTH Act
Official title: To authorize the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security to appoint certain personnel in order to attract highly qualified experts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson Shreve R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2026
- Committee actionApr 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 2.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7003.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7003, BIS Strategic Talent Recruitment to Enhance National Guardrails for Technological Handling Act” on July 17, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62583
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7003, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97435ed26f5e61515bf395588925c80aa4ef44747339f87b949e91f5bf323849
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHREVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 7, January 9, 2026, Page H616):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7003, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97435ed26f5e61515bf395588925c80aa4ef44747339f87b949e91f5bf323849
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 19, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Julie Johnson (D-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve.
- H.R. 1501 (119th) Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
- H.R. 3426 (119th) Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency Act of 2025
- H.R. 5490 (119th) Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
- H.R. 7633 (119th) American Assistance Visibility Act
- H.R. 816 (119th) Build the Wall Act of 2025
- H.Res. 931 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of December 4, 2025, as "National Scam Prevention Day".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.