House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Child Citizen Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 7, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2508.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SERRANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 85, May 17, 2017, Page H4312):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to Establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization,'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2508, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2508
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 August 11, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), John Lewis (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jose Serrano.
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- H.R. 3215 (115th) Public Housing Capital Repair Fund Act
- H.R. 4251 (115th) Rebuilding Resilient Energy Systems Act of 2017
- H.R. 6859 (115th) COMPROMISO Act
- H.R. 574 (115th) Cuba Reconciliation Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.