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Did Ashley Hinson get her trade crimes bill through the House?

Matches stated record claim. She sponsored it, and the House passed it by voice vote on August 31, 2026; the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.

Ashley Hinson

Her trade crimes bill

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What they say

In the October 7 Iowa PBS debate, Hinson said she got a bill through the House that would give the Justice Department more resources to go after companies that cheat on trade rules.

“I have a bill that I got passed through the House, the Protecting American Industry and Labor”

What the record shows ·

She is the sponsor of H.R. 1869, the Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2026. The House passed it by voice vote on August 31, 2026, and the Senate received it on September 14; it is not law. It would set up a Justice Department unit, with new prosecutor jobs, to go after evasion of tariffs and duties. Her 2024 version, H.R. 9151, also passed the House by voice vote and then sat in a Senate committee.

Limit: A voice vote records no names. The bill is not law, and the new unit would start only once Congress funds it.

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  1. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Hinson on her trade crimes billhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=560s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    9:20. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

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  2. Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate, transcripthttps://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/special/14524/iowa-press-debates-us-senate

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The host's own transcript of the October 7 debate, the second copy for quoted words.

    candidate statement

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  3. H.R. 1869 (119th Congress), Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1869/all-actions

    Congress.gov · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Hinson; passed the House by voice vote August 31, 2026; received in the Senate September 14, 2026.

    official legislative record

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  4. H.R. 1869 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1869eh/html/BILLS-119hr1869eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sets up a Justice Department Criminal Division unit, with new prosecutor positions, for tariff and duty evasion, once Congress funds it.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 9151 (118th Congress), Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9151/all-actions

    Congress.gov · Published Dec 3, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Hinson; passed the House by voice vote December 3, 2024; referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee December 4, 2024.

    official legislative record

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