House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 19, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2730.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TLAIB, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 65, April 19, 2023, Page H1888):Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill adds Middle Easterners and North Africans to the definition of racial and ethnic minority group for purposes of activities carried out by the Office of Minority Health and federally supported health care and public health programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 326 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2730, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2730
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 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 6, 2025). 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Correa (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Katie Porter (D-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Lori Trahan (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
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- H.Res. 702 (118th) Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to protect the rights of restaurant workers.
- H.R. 697 (118th) Justice for All Act of 2023
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- H.R. 5892 (118th) To designate the Federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Rosa Parks Federal Building", and for other…
- H.R. 9025 (118th) Auto Insurance Expense Relief Act of 2024
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.