House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5469.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 149, September 14, 2023, Page H4347):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for The single subject of this legislation is: The purpose of the resolution is regarding education.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 344 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5469, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5469
- 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
23 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 22 Democrats
1 of 23 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joaquin Castro.
- H.R. 406 (118th) Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act
- H.R. 3042 (118th) Millennium Challenge Corporation Candidate Country Reform Act
- H.Res. 1437 (118th) Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.Res. 682 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of the week beginning on September 11, 2023, as "National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week".
- H.R. 6618 (118th) ARMAS Act of 2023
- H.R. 1744 (118th) Transparency in Government Contracts Act
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.