House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Farm Animals Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Jan 10, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 243.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 243, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- 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 July 24, 2024). 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
20 cosponsors — 20 Democrats
0 of 20 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 3315 (118th) National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2023
- H.R. 7224 (118th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
- H.R. 4693 (118th) Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
- H.R. 2708 (118th) Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2023
- H.R. 4241 (118th) Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6498 (118th) Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act
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.