House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Ruthie and Connie LGBTQ Elder Americans Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2022 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7993.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BONAMICI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 99, June 9, 2022, Page H5446):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7993, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7993
- 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
53 cosponsors — 53 Democrats
0 of 53 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mondaire Jones (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 23 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici.
- H.R. 5129 (117th) Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2022
- H.R. 1447 (117th) COAST Research Act of 2021
- H.Res. 993 (117th) Recognizing the value of the Older Americans Act of 1965 nutrition program in addressing hunger, malnutrition, and isolation, and…
- H.R. 5581 (117th) Arts Education for All Act
- H.R. 5919 (117th) Early Childhood Nutrition Improvement Act
- H.R. 3362 (117th) Opportunity To Address College Hunger 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.