House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2738.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 66, April 20, 2023, Page H1910):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols policy.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 222 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d1927f472e907fbc84be0ac56eae95a0fce46e801d614646c84294e6b6cc4017
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 December 5, 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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Byron Donalds (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jared Golden (D-ME), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Marie Perez (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
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- H.R. 7129 (118th) Put America on Commission Act of 2024
- H.R. 1730 (118th) Supporting Small Business and Career and Technical Education Act of 2023
- H.R. 1109 (118th) Bank Service Company Examination Coordination Act of 2023
- H.Res. 1203 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of July 17, 2024, as "Glioblastoma Awareness Day".
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.