House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3037.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ADAMS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 74, May 2, 2023, Page H2127):clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: to expand access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 176 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3037, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3037
- 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.
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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
105 cosponsors — 105 Democrats
0 of 105 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL) and 75 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Alma Adams.
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- H.Con.Res. 118 (118th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to men and to Black women.
- H.Res. 1153 (118th) Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual "Black Maternal Health Week".
- H.R. 2992 (118th) EDUCATORS for America 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.