House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Justice for Shireen Act
Official title: To require a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jan 30, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 22, January 30, 2026, Page H1922):Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 56 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7281, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
21 cosponsors — 21 Democrats
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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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.