House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 14, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. 6830.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 206, December 14, 2023, Page H6988):Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To ensure public libraries have diverse collections of booksSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 133 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6830, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6830
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
632724b6cab55145bad9ae19e592ec9aa30c1188c051dd9eba157f723a7187bf
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6830, last updated July 21, 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
36 cosponsors — 36 Democrats
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Becca Balint (D-VT), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Delia Ramirez (D-IL) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
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- H.R. 3589 (118th) Affordability is Access Act of 2023
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.