House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HAYES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 55, March 29, 2022, Page H3971):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 29, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7272, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a973ed727b4d5978dfa7ed447fed7477dba50d2ad1e72ba1c847c5160b6b8861
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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7272, last updated March 21, 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
17 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 16 Democrats
1 of 17 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Mike Levin (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Dina Titus (D-NV).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes.
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.