US-HB6056-2025

U.S. Congress · HB 6056 · 2025

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025

Bill key

US-HB6056-2025

State

U.S. Congress

Session

2025

Introduced

December 3, 2025

Last recorded status

introduced

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H.R. 6056, 119th Cong. (2025), https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6056/all-info.

Short citation

H.R. 6056.

Topics

• Government process, funding & data

Tags

• Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies

Summary

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Robert Garcia	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-42	Primary sponsor

145 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Sara Jacobs	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-51	Co-sponsor
Suzan DelBene	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-1	Co-sponsor
Scott Peters	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-50	Co-sponsor
Diana DeGette	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-1	Co-sponsor
Joaquin Castro	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-20	Co-sponsor
Doris Matsui	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-7	Co-sponsor
Rashida Tlaib	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-12	Co-sponsor
Chellie Pingree	Democratic	Representative	HD-ME-1	Co-sponsor
Paul Tonko	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-20	Co-sponsor
Gabe Amo	Democratic	Representative	HD-RI-1	Co-sponsor
Seth Magaziner	Democratic	Representative	HD-RI-2	Co-sponsor
Sharice Davids	Democratic	Representative	HD-KS-3	Co-sponsor
David Scott	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-13	Co-sponsor
Marc Veasey	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-33	Co-sponsor
Mark Pocan	Democratic	Representative	HD-WI-2	Co-sponsor
Bradley Schneider	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-10	Co-sponsor
Lauren Underwood	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-14	Co-sponsor
Raul Ruiz	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-25	Co-sponsor
Jared Huffman	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-2	Co-sponsor
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-12	Co-sponsor
Madeleine Dean	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-4	Co-sponsor
Ted Lieu	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-36	Co-sponsor
Troy Carter	Democratic	Representative	HD-LA-2	Co-sponsor
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-20	Co-sponsor
Pramila Jayapal	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-7	Co-sponsor
Adam Smith	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-9	Co-sponsor
Steve Cohen	Democratic	Representative	HD-TN-9	Co-sponsor
Don Beyer	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-8	Co-sponsor
Kevin Mullin	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-15	Co-sponsor
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-8	Co-sponsor
Lloyd Doggett	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-37	Co-sponsor
Rosa DeLauro	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-3	Co-sponsor
Jim Costa	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-21	Co-sponsor
Eric Swalwell	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-14	Co-sponsor
Robin Kelly	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-2	Co-sponsor
Eric Sorensen	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-17	Co-sponsor
Daniel Goldman	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-10	Co-sponsor
Debbie Dingell	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-6	Co-sponsor
Rick Larsen	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-2	Co-sponsor
Sarah McBride	Democratic	Representative	HD-DE	Co-sponsor
Juan Vargas	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-52	Co-sponsor
Wesley Bell	Democratic	Representative	HD-MO-1	Co-sponsor
Dina Titus	Democratic	Representative	HD-NV-1	Co-sponsor
Deborah Ross	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-2	Co-sponsor
Richard Neal	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-1	Co-sponsor
Jesus Garcia	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-4	Co-sponsor
John Mannion	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-22	Co-sponsor
Angela Craig	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-2	Co-sponsor
Mark DeSaulnier	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-10	Co-sponsor
Sean Casten	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-6	Co-sponsor
Andre Carson	Democratic	Representative	HD-IN-7	Co-sponsor
Jahana Hayes	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-5	Co-sponsor
Judy Chu	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-28	Co-sponsor
Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-13	Co-sponsor
Stephen Lynch	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-8	Co-sponsor
Jennifer McClellan	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-4	Co-sponsor
Joyce Beatty	Democratic	Representative	HD-OH-3	Co-sponsor
James McGovern	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-2	Co-sponsor
Danny Davis	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-7	Co-sponsor
Grace Meng	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-6	Co-sponsor
Shri Thanedar	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-13	Co-sponsor
Summer Lee	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-12	Co-sponsor
Salud Carbajal	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-24	Co-sponsor
Jared Moskowitz	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-23	Co-sponsor
Hillary Scholten	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-3	Co-sponsor
Yassamin Ansari	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-3	Co-sponsor
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-25	Co-sponsor
Brittany Pettersen	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-7	Co-sponsor
Maxine Dexter	Democratic	Representative	HD-OR-3	Co-sponsor
Henry Johnson	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-4	Co-sponsor
Josh Gottheimer	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-5	Co-sponsor
Janice Schakowsky	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-9	Co-sponsor
Mark Takano	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-39	Co-sponsor
Delia Ramirez	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-3	Co-sponsor
Ed Case	Democratic	Representative	HD-HI-1	Co-sponsor
Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-7	Co-sponsor
Suhas Subramanyam	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-10	Co-sponsor
John Garamendi	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-8	Co-sponsor
Lateefah Simon	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-12	Co-sponsor
Julie Johnson	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-32	Co-sponsor
Ilhan Omar	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-5	Co-sponsor
Seth Moulton	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-6	Co-sponsor
Sanford Bishop	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-2	Co-sponsor
Val Hoyle	Democratic	Representative	HD-OR-4	Co-sponsor
Emily Randall	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-6	Co-sponsor
Haley Stevens	Democratic	Representative	HD-MI-11	Co-sponsor
Maxwell Frost	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-10	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Fletcher	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-7	Co-sponsor
Glenn Ivey	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-4	Co-sponsor
Morgan McGarvey	Democratic	Representative	HD-KY-3	Co-sponsor
Frank Mrvan	Democratic	Representative	HD-IN-1	Co-sponsor
Marilyn Strickland	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-10	Co-sponsor
Emanuel Cleaver	Democratic	Representative	HD-MO-5	Co-sponsor
Donald Norcross	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-1	Co-sponsor
Valerie Foushee	Democratic	Representative	HD-NC-4	Co-sponsor
George Latimer	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-16	Co-sponsor
Nanette Barragan	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-44	Co-sponsor
Sylvia Garcia	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-29	Co-sponsor
Christopher Deluzio	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-17	Co-sponsor
Bonnie Coleman	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-12	Co-sponsor
Steven Horsford	Democratic	Representative	HD-NV-4	Co-sponsor
Julia Brownley	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-26	Co-sponsor
Eleanor Norton	Democratic	Representative	HD-DC	Co-sponsor
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Democratic	Representative	HD-WA-3	Co-sponsor
Becca Balint	Democratic	Representative	HD-VT	Co-sponsor
Ritchie Torres	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-15	Co-sponsor
Jason Crow	Democratic	Representative	HD-CO-6	Co-sponsor
Pete Aguilar	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-33	Co-sponsor
Terri Sewell	Democratic	Representative	HD-AL-7	Co-sponsor
Joseph Morelle	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-25	Co-sponsor
Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-37	Co-sponsor
Chrissy Houlahan	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-6	Co-sponsor
Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-34	Co-sponsor
Frank Pallone	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-6	Co-sponsor
Mary Gay Scanlon	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-5	Co-sponsor
Pablo Jose Hernandez	Democratic	Representative	HD-PR	Co-sponsor
Adelita Grijalva	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-7	Co-sponsor
Timothy Kennedy	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-26	Co-sponsor
Christopher Pappas	Democratic	Representative	HD-NH-1	Co-sponsor
Jasmine Crockett	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-30	Co-sponsor
John Larson	Democratic	Representative	HD-CT-1	Co-sponsor
James Walkinshaw	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-11	Co-sponsor
Bill Foster	Democratic	Representative	HD-IL-11	Co-sponsor
Lois Frankel	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-22	Co-sponsor
Greg Stanton	Democratic	Representative	HD-AZ-4	Co-sponsor
Ayanna Pressley	Democratic	Representative	HD-MA-7	Co-sponsor
Emilia Sykes	Democratic	Representative	HD-OH-13	Co-sponsor
Frederica Wilson	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-24	Co-sponsor
Robert Menendez	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-8	Co-sponsor
Jared Golden	Democratic	Representative	HD-ME-2	Co-sponsor
Brendan Boyle	Democratic	Representative	HD-PA-2	Co-sponsor
Al Green	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-9	Co-sponsor
Maxine Waters	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-43	Co-sponsor
Robert Scott	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-3	Co-sponsor
Eugene Vindman	Democratic	Representative	HD-VA-7	Co-sponsor
Dave Min	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-47	Co-sponsor
Jamie Raskin	Democratic	Representative	HD-MD-8	Co-sponsor
Pat Ryan	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-18	Co-sponsor
Kelly Morrison	Democratic	Representative	HD-MN-3	Co-sponsor
LaMonica McIver	Democratic	Representative	HD-NJ-10	Co-sponsor
Kathy Castor	Democratic	Representative	HD-FL-14	Co-sponsor
Luis Correa	Democratic	Representative	HD-CA-46	Co-sponsor
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	Representative	HD-NY-5	Co-sponsor
Nikema Williams	Democratic	Representative	HD-GA-5	Co-sponsor
Veronica Escobar	Democratic	Representative	HD-TX-16	Co-sponsor

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