House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 2, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 972.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1086):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 972, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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 11, 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
42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats
0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Sean Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 423 (115th) Anti-Spoofing Act of 2017
- H.R. 382 (115th) 100 Years of Women in Congress Act
- H.R. 632 (115th) Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- H.R. 6953 (115th) GIRLS Act
- H.R. 722 (115th) No Funds for Unconstitutional Executive Orders Act
- H.R. 6609 (115th) Port Security Grant Program Reauthorization Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.