House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
PROKID Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 23, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8536.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3524):Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ImmigrationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8536, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8536
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 22, 2024
- 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 August 22, 2024). 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
17 cosponsors — 17 Democrats
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
- H.R. 8732 (118th) Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act
- H.Res. 269 (118th) Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the…
- H.R. 2760 (118th) Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
- H.R. 3421 (118th) Medicare for All Act
- H.R. 4170 (118th) LIFT the BAR Act
- H.Res. 1588 (118th) Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people…
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.