House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PARENT 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. 1537.
- 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. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Keeping unaccompanied alien children from harm.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1537, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1537, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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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.