House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Religious Freedom for Foster Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 1, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6133.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRECHEEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 180, November 1, 2023, Page H5229):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule, entitled ``Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV-E and IV-B.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 276 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6133, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6133
- 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-TN), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Brecheen.
- H.R. 4467 (118th) DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act
- H.R. 3039 (118th) DRIVE Act
- H.R. 4398 (118th) Patriotism Not Pride Act
- H.R. 4727 (118th) No Obamacare for Illegal Aliens Act of 2023
- H.R. 9080 (118th) Secret Service Readiness Act of 2024
- H.R. 6460 (118th) No Taxpayer Abortions for Unaccompanied Minors 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.