House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Quiet Communities Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4178.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 105, June 15, 2023, Page H2961):Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control in the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 207 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4178, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 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 January 16, 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
22 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 20 Democrats
2 of 22 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng.
- H.R. 3519 (118th) Hot Foods Act of 2023
- H.R. 3646 (118th) Menstrual Equity For All Act of 2023
- H.Res. 49 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2023.
- H.Res. 1002 (118th) Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2024.
- H.R. 3434 (118th) Teaching Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History Act
- H.R. 430 (118th) Lunar New Year Day 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.