House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1386.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARKE of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1150):Title I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1386, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1386
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5728fb89c824a6eb0440ea5b767b6add5ce68eb50e542f994c6725fae3ded37
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 October 2, 2024). 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
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4572 (118th) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2023
- H.R. 902 (118th) Ellie’s Law
- H.R. 1073 (118th) To direct the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.