House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Strengthening Tribal Families Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3403.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2427):Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to comply with Federal standards established under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 258 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3403, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Tom Cole (R-OK), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Adam Schiff (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ).
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.