House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Climate Displaced Persons Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 17, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6455.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 191, November 17, 2023, Page H5900):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; . . . The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 254 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6455, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- 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 January 9, 2026). 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 7105 (118th) WOSB Certification and Opportunity Expansion Act
- H.R. 969 (118th) GAAME Act of 2023
- H.R. 3276 (118th) Healthy Future Students and Earth Pilot Program Act of 2023
- H.R. 6567 (118th) Strengthening Capacity for Disaster Resilient Territories Act
- H.R. 8875 (118th) Texture Positive Act of 2024
- H.Con.Res. 68 (118th) Expressing support for the recognition of September 26, 2023, as "World Contraception Day" and expressing the sense of the House of…
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.