House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 282.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 & Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 218 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 282, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/282
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 21, 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 December 21, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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- H.R. 4965 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
- H.Res. 1308 (118th) Recognizing June 19, 2024, as this year's observance of the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day.
- H.R. 52 (118th) Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage 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.