House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
No Cages in the Everglades Act
Official title: To prohibit the operation and funding of an immigration detention facility in the Everglades, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4542.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3477):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4542, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4542
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
- H.R. 2701 (119th) Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
- H.R. 4541 (119th) To reauthorize the Young Women’s Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009.
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- H.Res. 352 (119th) Calling on elected officials and civil society leaders to counter antisemitism and educate the public on the contributions of the Jewish…
- H.Con.Res. 69 (119th) Recognizing the 15th Anniversary of the January 8, 2011, Tucson, Arizona, shooting and honoring the survivors, victims, and former…
- H.R. 9944 (119th) TPS Review Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.