House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Access to the Right Nutrition for Military Families (EARN) Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Sanford Bishop D-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5346.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 165, September 23, 2021, Page H5134):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 132 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5346, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
452f0c4a612d195856d3e59baea635e246d9e25d7b7b68d17147dc0658e4ffe1
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 June 6, 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
30 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 26 Democrats
4 of 30 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Julia Brownley (D-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Al Lawson (D-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
- H.R. 3475 (117th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Columbus, Georgia, as the "Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic".
- H.Res. 271 (117th) Recognizing the importance of the blueberry industry to the United States and supporting the designation of July 2021 as National…
- H.R. 4356 (117th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
- H.R. 8239 (117th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
- H.R. 333 (117th) Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
- H.R. 2080 (117th) SAVE Act of 2021
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.