House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Enabling Farmers to Benefit from Processing Nutrition Programs Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4943.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 129, July 26, 2023, Page H4032):Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''. The single subject of this legislation is: NutritionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 357 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4943, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4943
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 6, 2026
- 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.
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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
9 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.