House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 604.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 604, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/604
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a4b5f7e3b10eecf4d11813f92f6f80f8cc3e145c1b2b1c250d28778d1bb9fd64
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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 604, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 5408 (118th) SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
- H.R. 3498 (118th) HELP Act of 2023
- H.R. 4286 (118th) Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act
- H.R. 1402 (118th) Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act of 2023
- H.R. 5593 (118th) To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4788 (118th) Opioid Treatment Providers Act
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.