House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →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 Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6003.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5033):Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 212 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6003, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
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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
59 cosponsors — 59 Democrats
0 of 59 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter.
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.