House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 945.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PINGREE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H828):Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Meat processingSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 68 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 945, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b351e7a2ebcc2c776268d16de3a5e080c16d05c8f476c147f166b30c859a1a8
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. 945, 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
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
2 of 12 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Mike Levin (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Marie Perez (D-WA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chellie Pingree.
- H.R. 676 (118th) Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2023
- H.R. 1840 (118th) Agriculture Resilience Act of 2023
- H.R. 3159 (118th) Food Date Labeling Act of 2023
- H.R. 1721 (118th) Healthy H2O Act
- H.R. 1325 (118th) Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 2723 (118th) Local Farms and Food Act of 2023
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.