Justice for Ukrainian Children Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2026 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 16, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Sep 16, 2026 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Sep 21, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 28, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Oct 1, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Oct 5, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Oct 9, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Oct 13, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Oct 15, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Oct 19, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Nov 2, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2026 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2026Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 146, September 16, 2026, page H5984.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Justice for Ukrainian Children Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
