House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Escaping Justice Act of 2026
Official title: To impose sanctions on foreign persons the President determines to have knowingly engaged in, facilitated, or benefitted from severe forms of trafficking in persons in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking enterprise or in connection with efforts to conceal, facilitate, finance, or profit from such enterprise.
Sponsor: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 5, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7857.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7857, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7857
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 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 March 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
- H.R. 2701 (119th) Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
- H.R. 4541 (119th) To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
- H.Res. 1251 (119th) Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the…
- H.Res. 352 (119th) Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish…
- H.Con.Res. 69 (119th) Recognizing the 15th Anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors, victims, and former…
- H.R. 9944 (119th) TPS Review Act
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.