House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fishing Industry Credit Enhancement Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4940.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4032):Article I The single subject of this legislation is: Fishing creditSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 67 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4940
- 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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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.
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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Josh Harder (D-CA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 676 (118th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023
- H.R. 1840 (118th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 3159 (118th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2023
- H.R. 1721 (118th) Healthy H2O Act
- H.R. 1325 (118th) Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 2723 (118th) Local Farms and Food Act of 2023
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.