House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Honduras Expropriation Accountability Act
Official title: To authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to process claims against the Government of Honduras related to the expropriation of property of United States persons.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7807.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 41, March 4, 2026, Page H2421):Article I Section 8 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7807, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7807
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 27, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Harris (R-MD), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.