House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Countering Russia’s War on Faith Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to jointly submit a report on efforts by the Government of the Russian Federation to persecute, suppress, discriminate, or otherwise violate the religious freedoms of Ukraine and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, to require the President to impose all applicable sanctions with respect to foreign persons certified to have engaged in such efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Wilson R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2026
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Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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. 8433.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 71, April 22, 2026, Page H3068):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8433, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8433
- 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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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 September 19, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Rouzer (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Wilson.
- H.R. 8775 (119th) Ending Predator Access to Union Power Act
- H.R. 36 (119th) MEGOBARI Act
- H.R. 7668 (119th) Countering China’s Control of the Caucasus Act
- H.Res. 1424 (119th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Lindsey Graham.
- H.R. 7724 (119th) No Waivers for Fraud Act of 2026
- H.R. 9603 (119th) Less Bureaucracy, Better International Education Oversight Act
Related bills
- S. 4379 (119th) Russia’s War on Faith ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.