House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5851.
- 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. 159, September 29, 2023, Page H4911):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: YouthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 29, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 103 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5851, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b4a50c68aa8b3d04f7170cdb75a03d6264aea1bfb4fd7ba3c92682ee999d484
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5851, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 — 3 Republicans, 16 Democrats
3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), William Keating (D-MA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
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.