House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
PARENT Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2022
- 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. 8490.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 124, July 26, 2022, Page H7171):Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States: To Establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 120 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8490, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8490
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- 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 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
11 cosponsors — 11 Republicans
0 of 11 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Mayra Flores (R-TX), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), John Rutherford (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Van Taylor (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 359 (117th) Expressing support for the designation of May 2021 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.
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.