House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 29, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7130.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 17, January 30, 2024, Page H316):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to ensure that consumers can make informed decisions in choosing between meat and poultry products and imitation meat and imitation poultry products, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 363 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7130, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7130
- 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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7130, last updated December 5, 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
26 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 26 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Ben Cline (R-VA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), David Rouzer (R-NC), Austin Scott (R-GA), Keith Self (R-TX), Dale Strong (R-AL), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Alford.
- H.R. 5265 (118th) Small Business Administration Rural Performance Report Act
- H.R. 9030 (118th) Regulatory Agenda Clarity Act
- H.Res. 1086 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of March 19, 2024, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as…
- H.R. 5465 (118th) Congressional Access to Bureaucratic Offices Act
- H.Res. 235 (118th) Expressing support for the designation of March 21, 2023, as "National Agriculture Day" and celebrating the importance of agriculture as…
- H.R. 530 (118th) A–PLUS Act
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.