House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Migrant Children Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5018.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUTTRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4145):Article I, Section 8. To make laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Preventing human traficking.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 322 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5018, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5018
- 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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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Bill Posey (R-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Keith Self (R-TX), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Morgan Luttrell.
- H.R. 7777 (118th) Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2024
- H.R. 1530 (118th) Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
- H.R. 5969 (118th) Improving Travel for Families Act
- H.R. 1529 (118th) Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2023
- H.R. 4461 (118th) Modernizing Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act
- H.R. 5890 (118th) Review Every Veterans Claim Act of 2023
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.