House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 10, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1535.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4 (Naturalization Clause) The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 158 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1535, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1535
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 2, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 November 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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 14 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Donald Davis (D-NC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon.
- H.R. 2544 (118th) Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
- H.R. 6571 (118th) Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2023
- H.R. 6572 (118th) Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023
- H.R. 6421 (118th) Affordable HOMES Act
- H.R. 1068 (118th) Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- H.R. 3290 (118th) 340B Transparency Act
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.