House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Care for Her Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 3, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 1, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5163.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 153, September 3, 2021, Page H4506):The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5163, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5163
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 21, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Young Kim (R-CA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Blake Moore (R-UT), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.