House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Protect Children’s Innocence Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 19, 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. 8731.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 137, August 19, 2022, Page H7716):Article I, Section 8, United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 19, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8731, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
49 cosponsors — 49 Republicans
0 of 49 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), James Comer (R-KY), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Bob Good (R-VA), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Andy Harris (R-MD), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Fred Keller (R-PA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.