House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Keep our Kids Safe Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4298.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 109, June 22, 2023, Page H3111):Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent Federal funds from being used to sexualize children in schools on account of sexualized performances or materials.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 226 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4298, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4298
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- 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 21, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.