House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7317.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 57, March 31, 2022, Page H4073):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7317, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e262df58995fa94e14e09a13bb3c591b3f219ce1c1bbd325acec3c53bfac812f
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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7317, last updated January 3, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Fred Keller (R-PA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shontel Brown.
- H.R. 7618 (117th) To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.
- H.R. 6356 (117th) MOVE Act
- H.R. 6357 (117th) Afterschool Meals Act of 2022
- H.R. 6560 (117th) GAO Audit Mandates Revision Act of 2022
- H.R. 9038 (117th) Thriving Community Gardens Act
- H.R. 9144 (117th) SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2022
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.