House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
VICTIM Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Attorney General to establish a grant program to establish, implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technology investigative methods, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Dwight Evans D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8746.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 80, May 12, 2026, Page H3393):Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8746, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8746
- 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.
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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 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dwight Evans.
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- H.Res. 170 (119th) Expressing support for Americas Black workers and affirming the need to pass legislation to reduce inequalities and discrimination in the…
- H.R. 2764 (119th) Tax Cut for Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 7532 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4431 Main Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Dr.…
- H.R. 8501 (119th) Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 4500 (119th) VICTIM Act of 2026Identical bill
- H.R. 5768 (117th) VICTIM Act of 2022Related bill
- H.R. 7308 (118th) VICTIM Act of 2024Related bill
- S. 3763 (118th) VICTIM Act of 2024Related 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.