House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2024 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. McGarvey asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3498, a bill originally introduced by Representative Higgins (NY), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3498.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2458):Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Human ServicesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3498, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3498
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0dcd6ff7f2295165a8984b8a5d04a91c571b2a37a6b35b86250e0cc8bb1fe15
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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3498, last updated January 9, 2026. 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
34 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 32 Democrats
2 of 34 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Patrick Ryan (D-NY), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 5408 (118th) SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
- H.R. 4286 (118th) Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act
- H.R. 1402 (118th) Boxing Therapy for Parkinson’s Access Act of 2023
- H.R. 5593 (118th) To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt from the Generalized System of Preferences certain tire articles, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 604 (118th) Make NEXUS Work Act
- H.R. 4788 (118th) Opioid Treatment Providers Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.