House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act
Official title: To require operators of wagering or prediction market platforms to use facial recognition technology to verify the age of users of such wagering or prediction market platforms, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 9706.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9706, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9706
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 July 22, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Robert Bresnahan (R-PA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Bruce Westerman (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7100 (119th) Sikh American Anti-Discrimination Act of 2026
- H.R. 2711 (119th) Invest to Protect Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 4469 (119th) Prediction Market Act of 2026Related bill
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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.