House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Safe Zones Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2946.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2086):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to advance meritorious asylum claims.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2946, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2946
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
366ee474fc656e967c43edb21ebca1247c350cf26182f252ef97978adf2ab1a4
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.
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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
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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.