House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Venezuela Oil Proceeds Transparency Act
Official title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an audit of a United States and Venezuela energy deal, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sean Casten D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7819.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2472):Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7819, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7819
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 2, 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 April 2, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sean Casten.
- H.R. 2591 (119th) Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
- H.R. 2592 (119th) Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 7977 (119th) Energy Bills Relief Act
- H.R. 5222 (119th) ESP, Paraprofessional, and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act
- H.R. 7645 (119th) Ceasefire Compliance Act of 2026
- H.R. 381 (119th) LNG Public Interest Determination Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 3838 (119th) Venezuela Oil Proceeds Transparency ActIdentical bill
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.