House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
The People’s Response Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4699.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3700):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Establishing a Division on Community Safety within the Health and Human Services to fund, promote and otherwise facilitate public health approaches to public safety.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 229 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4699, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4699
- 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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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 July 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Democrats
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Greg Casar (D-TX), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cori Bush.
- H.J.Res. 82 (118th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified…
- H.R. 767 (118th) Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act of 2023
- H.R. 4901 (118th) Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act
- H.R. 4972 (118th) End Solitary Confinement Act
- H.Res. 634 (118th) Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights
- H.Con.Res. 42 (118th) Honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's first professionally trained Black nurse.
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.