House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Responsible Legislating Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5673.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 154, September 22, 2023, Page H4463):Article 1, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: To advance responsible policies.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 97 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5673, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5673
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af46f136db81a87f502741d5400704e73ba81732e36554bfc1b8a438db6e24cc
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 September 8, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James McGovern.
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- H.R. 1269 (118th) Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023
- H.Res. 77 (118th) Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- H.R. 6780 (118th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act
- H.R. 4034 (118th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and…
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.