House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the repatriation of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 2, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5079.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6136):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, specifically Clauses 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) of such section.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 338 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5079, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 20 Republicans
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), John Campbell (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Paul Cook (R-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), David Joyce (R-OH), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Gary Miller (R-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), E. Rigell (R-VA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ed Royce (R-CA), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 994 (113th) ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2013
- H.R. 2508 (113th) Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act
- H.R. 4257 (113th) Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act (REDUCE Act)
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.