House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Global WASH in Healthcare Facilities Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5545.
- 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. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4382):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: WaterSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5545, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d77180af45a1f2eb5e263ed4592114b2ded569addad9edf52ca2f588416da299
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 May 27, 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
16 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 13 Democrats
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Marcus Molinaro (R-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), David Trone (D-MD).
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.