House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 205.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 205, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 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 March 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 205, last updated March 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 16 Democrats
2 of 18 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Becca Balint (D-VT), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. C. Ruppersberger.
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.