House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 244.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 244, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b0fa6a26f9f5ced4da6385df9767c750ca5736819c1cc1a750a9bfa91c05124
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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 244, last updated May 27, 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
10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Dingell.
- H.R. 5794 (118th) Veterans Affairs Peer Review Neutrality Act of 2023
- H.R. 547 (118th) Better Care Better Jobs Act
- H.R. 4769 (118th) PFAS Alternatives Act
- H.R. 3851 (118th) Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act of 2023
- H.R. 6805 (118th) PFAS Action Act of 2023
- H.Res. 303 (118th) Recognizing the roles and the contributions of care workers in the United States and expressing support for the designation of April 2023…
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.