House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ending Child Soldiers in Africa Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the effects of child soldiering in Africa on United States national security interests.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Wilson R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 10, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. 9256.
- 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. 98, June 10, 2026, Page H4086):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 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 June 30, 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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.