House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 1, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3159.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 78, May 9, 2023, Page H2173):Article I The single subject of this legislation is: Food labelsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b34689b3893e1d1f5e33859e15c7b84523cac3e9352fb32d9abbbe78bc7b3292
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3159, last updated December 5, 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
42 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 37 Democrats
5 of 42 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Jim Costa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Katie Porter (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 676 (118th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023
- H.R. 1840 (118th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 1721 (118th) Healthy H2O Act
- H.R. 1325 (118th) Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 2723 (118th) Local Farms and Food Act of 2023
- H.R. 6641 (118th) Keep America’s Waterfronts Working 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.