3.0.0 5491 2026-01-23T09:06:41Z 2026-01-23T09:06:41Z House H HR 2025-09-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5491 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 153 (Thursday, September 18, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey:H.R. 5491.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4457]</pre> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-09-18T14:08:30Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-09-18T14:08:25Z 2025-09-18 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2025-09-18 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2025-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000522 Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] Christopher Smith R NJ H. 4 N K000391 Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] Raja Krishnamoorthi D IL 8 2025-09-18 True H001072 Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] J. Hill R AR French 2 2025-09-18 True V000138 Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] Eugene Vindman D VA Simon 7 2025-10-03 False M001194 Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] John Moolenaar R MI R. 2 2025-12-01 False L000599 Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] Michael Lawler R NY 17 2026-01-22 False International Affairs International Affairs 2025-11-25T19:43:33Z Display Title 45 2025-11-22T10:08:22Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2025-11-22T10:08:21Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 2025-11-22T10:03:22Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5491ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5491ih.xml 2025-09-18 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. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.