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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 3, 2018
- Committee actionJul 12, 2018
- Passed House—
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.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-835 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 18, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/835
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 982, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hres/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
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
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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.