House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 18, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5897.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AGUILAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 164, October 6, 2023, Page H4991):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Creating a grant program under the Department of Agriculture for animal shelters.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5897, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8cfaf591ae32576d0fe6e7e378b2c19b3e7713f68d3b95b38853386404e8694
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 August 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5897, last updated August 21, 2024. 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Chu (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Norma Torres (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.