House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6618.
- 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. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6209):Congressman Joaquin Castro 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: Resolution reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the sovereignty of Mexico and condemning calls for military action in Mexico without Mexico's consent and congressional authorization.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 518 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6618, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d240b1c680b2cbedfc9a7e023ef4c4ff9554f4e492536e9f31590f3784bc6e7a
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 October 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6618, last updated October 2, 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
50 cosponsors — 50 Democrats
0 of 50 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), James McGovern (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 20 more.
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. 1744 (118th) Transparency in Government Contracts Act
- H.Res. 763 (118th) Reaffirming the United States commitment to respecting the sovereignty of Mexico and condemning calls for military action in Mexico…
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.