# 119-hr-10473: Justice for Ukrainian Children Act

119-hr-10473, Justice for Ukrainian Children Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status introduced (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10473
- Congress: 119
- Title: Justice for Ukrainian Children Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 52
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-03

## Summary

**This bill would center U.S. action on identifying, rescuing, and seeking justice for Ukrainian children allegedly taken or transferred to Russia, by pairing funding for evidence and reunification with sanctions and expanded U.S. media outreach.** - Ukrainian children and families: It would fund efforts to locate, rescue, and rehabilitate abducted children and to create a centralized database to preserve evidence and assist reunification. It authorizes at least $15 million per year for these activities for fiscal years 2027–2032. - Accountability and sanctions: It would require the President to impose asset blocks and U.S. visa bans on foreign persons the President determines knowingly directed or facilitated unlawful transfers or deportations of Ukrainian children, with narrow humanitarian and national-security waivers. - Information and outreach: It would fund at least $10 million per year to expand Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America programming in Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar languages and to support jamming circumvention and surge broadcasts. *This bill would increase federal spending by at least $25 million per year for fiscal years 2027–2032.*

## Cosponsors (52)

- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Help finding and reuniting Ukrainian children: benefit, low. If enacted, the government would authorize at least $15 million per year from 2027 through 2032 to document, preserve evidence, and help locate, rescue, rehabilitate, and reunify Ukrainian children. Funds must come from National Security Investment Programs and may be used for a centralized, secure…
- More U.S. broadcasts to counter disinformation: benefit, low. If enacted, the government would authorize at least $10 million per year from 2027 through 2032 for surge programming in Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar language services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America. The money would increase programming capacity and fund jamming-ci…
- Sanctions and UN action against Russia: mixed, medium. If enacted, the President would have to sanction any foreign person the President determines knowingly helped transfer, deport, indoctrinate, or militarize Ukrainian children. Sanctions could block their property in the United States and ban them from receiving U.S. visas, with existing visas revok…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-10473 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10473)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10473 (as of 2026-11-03).