House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 21, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3591.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7355):Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 116 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3591, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3591, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), William Enyart (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 21 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.