House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No American Benefits Abroad Act
Official title: To prohibit international wire transfers by public assistance recipients, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 15, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7097.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H920):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7097, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7097
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
780ce4c63732fb68b1be6b9553766cd89bf4280827738d2c09dc0ca39ba7b17c
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 4, 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. Randy Feenstra.
- H.R. 998 (119th) Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act
- H.R. 997 (119th) National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 579 (119th) Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
- H.R. 1301 (119th) Death Tax Repeal Act
- H.R. 1822 (119th) ACRE Act of 2025
- H.R. 2547 (119th) Secure Family Futures 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.