House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring Communities Left Behind Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 6, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 837.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAPTUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 24, February 6, 2023, Page H710):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: ``Commerce''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 253 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 837, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/837
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2024
- 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 August 21, 2024). 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
19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cori Bush (D-MO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Mark Takano (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
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- H.R. 2714 (118th) Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2023
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.