House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4122.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 104, June 14, 2023, Page H2934):Article I, Section 8, clause 6 The single subject of this legislation is: Congressional Recognition for Henrietta LacksSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 119 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4122, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4122
- 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
57 cosponsors — 57 Democrats
0 of 57 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Colin Allred (D-TX), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA) and 27 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.