House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Taxpayers from Risky Investments in Venezuela Act
Official title: To prohibit the United States Government from funding Venezuela's oil infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Levin D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7038.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):Article 1 Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7038, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 9, 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 February 9, 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
22 cosponsors — 22 Democrats
0 of 22 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sean Casten (D-IL), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Dave Min (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin.
- H.R. 7543 (119th) Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act
- H.R. 1423 (119th) Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2025
- H.R. 5195 (119th) Advancing Toward Impact Aid Full Funding Act
- H.R. 2862 (119th) Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act
- H.R. 7398 (119th) Passports for Purple Hearts and Medals of Honor Act
- H.R. 7066 (119th) SHIELD Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.