House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Harvesting Knowledge Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4022.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESPAILLAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2810):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States. . . The single subject of this legislation is: This would allow schools to use education funds to implement hydorponic labs into classroomsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 269 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4022, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4022
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adriano Espaillat.
- H.R. 6852 (118th) Holcombe Rucker Park National Commemorative Site Act
- H.R. 6751 (118th) Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act
- H.Res. 28 (118th) Condemning the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and committing to advancing reproductive…
- H.Res. 348 (118th) Declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
- H.R. 1124 (118th) Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2023
- H.R. 4992 (118th) Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023
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.