House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 13, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3923.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 158, October 3, 2017, Page H7750):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3923, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e1fec6cc41275bba803a1c831948257bf776d31e41397fba6382a890183de40
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
120 cosponsors — 120 Democrats
0 of 120 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), J. Correa (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Val Demings (D-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 90 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.