House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Kids and Parents Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6195.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 105, June 22, 2018, Page H5581):Article I, Sec. 8, Cl. 4: ``To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 82 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6195, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6195
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
18078b774beb6d69a8a3cc3dc1b2c4e76aba61483373d1f04a1bd2f06ca696f5
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 December 5, 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ted Poe (R-TX), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Daniel Webster (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
- H.R. 5889 (115th) Recognizing Early Childhood Trauma Related to Substance Abuse Act of 2018
- H.R. 2157 (115th) OCEAN Act
- H.R. 247 (115th) Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017
- H.R. 4340 (115th) American LAWS Act
- H.J.Res. 119 (115th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
- H.R. 1753 (115th) Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2017
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.