House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act
Official title: To protect the right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children as a fundamental right.
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 650.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H388):clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 650, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 September 4, 2026). 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Mark Harris (R-NC), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Mary Miller (R-IL), Blake Moore (R-UT), Troy Nehls (R-TX), John Rose (R-TN), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
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- H.Res. 1014 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…
- H.Res. 1115 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from…
- H.Res. 1336 (119th) Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 1423 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for…
- H.Res. 1438 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the…
Related bills
- S. 204 (119th) Families’ Rights and Responsibilities ActIdentical 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.