House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Parental Rights Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6676.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 26, February 9, 2022, Page H1115):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6676, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6676
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a918484da8c4084816b1f41646bf2efc112f067ef8052e99649b310a01eb006
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 3, 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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Robert Latta (R-OH), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Ralph Norman (R-SC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler.
- H.R. 5487 (117th) SHINE for Autumn Act of 2021
- H.R. 5093 (117th) Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act
- H.R. 1235 (117th) Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
- H.R. 2090 (117th) Student Loan Disclosure Transparency Act of 2021
- H.Res. 88 (117th) Recognizing women's cardiovascular health as a critical health care priority that affects every State and contributes to increased health…
- H.R. 8181 (117th) Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act of 2022
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.