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House resolution · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to transmit, respectively, certain information to the House of Representatives referring to the separation of children from their parents or guardians as a result of the President's "zero tolerance" policy.

H.Res. 982Introduced Jul 3, 2018Policy area: Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone D-NJ
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 18, 2018 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 170.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 982.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Res. 982, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats

0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-6 district

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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.