House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, to prohibit Federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Cory Mills R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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. 863.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 25, February 7, 2023, Page H738):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends title 18, U.S.C., to prohibit a publishing house from knowingly furnishing sexually explicit material to a school or an educational agency, and to prohibit federal funds from being provided to a school that obtains or an educational agency that distributes sexually explicit material.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 386 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 863, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/863
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6de3540452d811ce520a245c4cfe85e63f56c472926486e4d954c71e86f2b5a7
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 21, 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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mary Miller (R-IL), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), George Santos (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cory Mills.
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- H.Res. 797 (118th) Condemning the Biden Administration for failing to fulfill the United States Government's duty to American citizens left stranded in Israel.
- H.R. 3020 (118th) Reinforcing Sanctions on Iranian Terrorists Act
- H.R. 9904 (118th) Preventing SBA Assistance from Going to China 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.