House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 15, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4153.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution states The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . . The single subject of this legislation is: To create a competitive grant program to support organizations that operate senior legal hotlines.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 388 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4153, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4153
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
048aa936e29bb54c6c3dcf1a497853ecb8923e6222f433b5858a1fe963e2cbb8
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4153, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
24 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 20 Democrats
4 of 24 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright.
- H.R. 1695 (118th) Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- H.R. 8426 (118th) Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2024
- H.R. 5322 (118th) Time Off to Vote Act
- H.R. 3600 (118th) VA Work-Study Improvement Act
- H.R. 3601 (118th) Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act
- H.R. 5748 (118th) Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy 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.