House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4103.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2933):Article I Section VIII The single subject of this legislation is: To provide sustained access to nutrition.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4103, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4103
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 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 March 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Valadao (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shontel Brown.
- H.R. 8247 (118th) Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment Act of 2024
- H.Res. 962 (118th) Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Celebrating Diversity, Promoting Tolerance, and Condemning Hate.
- H.R. 8858 (118th) Securing Elections From AI Deception Act
- H.Res. 1279 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of June 2024 as "Black Music Month".
- H.R. 8469 (118th) Diverse Cybersecurity Workforce Act of 2024
- H.R. 7272 (118th) Shining a Spotlight on Safer Communities 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.