House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Pregnant Women in Custody Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2022
- Committee actionJul 13, 2022
- Passed HouseDec 1, 2022 · 324–90
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 2022 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6878.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-465 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 13, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/465
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6878, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6878
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BASS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 37, March 1, 2022, Page H1207):Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6878, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6878
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3afa15f4535193def6e97c6357b37397a2fe8ffd04bdfcf6c1b4fca5b5964f41
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 8, 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
36 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 33 Democrats
3 of 36 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen Bass.
- H.R. 7240 (117th) READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 965 (117th) YALI Act of 2021
- H.Res. 294 (117th) Encouraging reunions of divided Korean-American families.
- H.R. 3372 (117th) One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 1280 (117th) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021
- H.R. 1096 (117th) Represent America Abroad 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.