House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4815.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 125, July 20, 2023, Page H3891):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: SNAPSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4815, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4815
- 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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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), James McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
- H.R. 4758 (118th) Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 4310 (118th) Youth Poisoning Protection Act
- H.Res. 1419 (118th) Supporting the goals of Overdose Awareness Day and strengthening efforts to combat the opioid crisis in the United States.
- H.R. 7397 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.
- H.R. 1224 (118th) INFO for Reproductive Care Act of 2023
- H.R. 5244 (118th) Fusion Energy 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.