House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5999.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5033):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: Small BusinessSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5999, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5999
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c97a2f77d6b9ac698866984f0501c2b76e2e76c29ce26fa075300b21e295b55d
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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5999, last updated July 24, 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), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kweisi Mfume.
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- H.R. 8014 (118th) Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act
- H.R. 727 (118th) National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2023
- H.R. 4122 (118th) Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.Res. 42 (118th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal…
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.