House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
BCRA of 2025
Official title: To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding inmates who give birth in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5901.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILSON of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 182, October 31, 2025, Page H4567):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5901, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5901, last updated July 22, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
14 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 13 Democrats
1 of 14 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frederica Wilson.
- H.R. 2021 (119th) American Teacher Act
- H.Res. 546 (119th) Encouraging Members of Congress to visit ICE detention facilities in their States.
- H.R. 10476 (119th) Glaucoma Vision Act of 2026
- H.R. 8362 (119th) Transit Workforce Development Act
- H.R. 9494 (119th) Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 2026
- H.R. 5868 (119th) Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025
Related bills
- S. 687 (119th) BCRA of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.