House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8948.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YARMUTH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 152, September 21, 2022, Page H8066):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8948, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8948
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 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 10, 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
18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), David Trone (D-MD), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Yarmuth.
- H.R. 1319 (117th) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
- H.R. 5376 (117th) An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
- H.R. 1868 (117th) To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes.
- H.Con.Res. 11 (117th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.Res. 1151 (117th) Providing for budget allocations, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 176 (117th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1319.
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.