House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3702.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 89, May 25, 2023, Page H2640):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable tax credit against income tax for the purchase of qualified access technology for the blind.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 297 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3702, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3702
- 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
98 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 61 Democrats
61 of 98 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Scott Franklin (R-FL) and 68 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
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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.