House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
LIFT the BAR Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2960):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: HealthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 274 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4170, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4170
- 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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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
111 cosponsors — 111 Democrats
0 of 111 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Greg Casar (D-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX) and 81 more.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 9432 (119th) LIFT the BAR ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
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