House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3993.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 106, June 17, 2021, Page H2929):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 17, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3993, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3993
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 21, 2026). 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Val Demings (D-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
- H.R. 203 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the "Benny C. Martinez…
- H.R. 3992 (117th) POJA Act of 2021
- H.R. 224 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Vanessa Guillén…
- H.R. 2922 (117th) Elder Abuse Protection Act of 2021
- H.R. 7123 (117th) Studying Barriers to Homelessness Act
- H.R. 3009 (117th) Improving Language Access in Mortgage Servicing Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.