House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 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. 1462.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1208):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To require enforcement against misbranded milk alternatives.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 405 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1462, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1462
- 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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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. 1462, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
48 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 48 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Becca Balint (D-VT), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Jared Golden (D-ME), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Robert Latta (R-OH), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Chris Pappas (D-NH) and 18 more.
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.