House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7073.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 46, March 15, 2022, Page H3744):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7073, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fb1d74f88bff8420eea5327f225427bac1f430b0e255e70bbed3712f8fbbe374
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7073, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
80 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 62 Democrats
18 of 80 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Mike Carey (R-OH), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR) and 50 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katherine Clark.
- H.Res. 35 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3576 (117th) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2021
- H.R. 3089 (117th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 5994 (117th) BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
- H.R. 3337 (117th) BABIES Act
- H.R. 1911 (117th) Child Care is Infrastructure Act
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.