House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Poverty Line Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6639.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6209):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: PovertySource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6639, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 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 July 21, 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
20 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 19 Democrats
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Mullin.
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.