House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Feb 9, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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. 920.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would require the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to develop and submit a Caribbean Border Counternarcotics Strategy along with the National Drug Control Strategy.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 561 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 920, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/920
- 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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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
25 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 25 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark Green (R-TN), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Blake Moore (R-UT), James Moylan (R-GU), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
- H.R. 5302 (118th) Michel O. Maceda Memorial Act
- H.R. 255 (118th) Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- H.R. 359 (118th) Fort San Gerónimo Preservation Act
- H.R. 259 (118th) Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
- H.R. 253 (118th) Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- H.R. 5839 (118th) Maritime Border Security Technology Improvement 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.