House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Reunifying Separated Families Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 3, 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. 6304.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRIST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 111, July 3, 2018, Page H5987):The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 3, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6304, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Democrats
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charlie Crist.
- H.R. 4345 (115th) Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2017
- H.Res. 400 (115th) Supporting the designation of a National Day of Civility.
- H.R. 1780 (115th) Senior Accessible Housing Act
- H.R. 6589 (115th) Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act
- H.R. 6941 (115th) Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act
- H.R. 7037 (115th) State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2018
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.