House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6892.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 211, December 22, 2023, Page H7007):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, the Spending Clause, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The single subject of this legislation is: To expand coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health care programs, and private health insurance to include foods, vitamins, and individual amino acids that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 449 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6892, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6892
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 15 Democrats
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Katie Porter (D-CA), John Rutherford (R-FL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 77 (118th) Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
- H.R. 6780 (118th) Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Demonstration Pilot Act
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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.