House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Temporary Family Visitation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 4, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5155.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4166):Article I, section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Visitor visasSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 77 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5155, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5155
- 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
24 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 17 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), James McGovern (D-MA), Cory Mills (R-FL), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
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- H.R. 4077 (118th) Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2023
- H.R. 6199 (118th) Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023
- H.R. 2846 (118th) Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023
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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.