House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1393.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1151):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Drug TherapiesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1393, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1393
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
18 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 18 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Brandon Williams (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.