H.R. 8796: Stop Comstock Act.
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H.R. 8796: Stop Comstock Act.
118th Congress · introduced 2024-06-21 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2024-06-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Stop Comstock Act.
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Stop Comstock Act.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] · 129 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY), John B. Larson (D-CT), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and 69 more.
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Official summary
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr8796.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr8796 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118