House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
National Food as Medicine Program Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9631.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 144, September 17, 2024, Page H5319):article 1 section 8 of the United States constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill aims to treat, prevent, and reverse chronic health conditions and addresses food insecurity.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9631, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9631
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 21, 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 March 21, 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
27 cosponsors — 27 Democrats
0 of 27 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Danny Davis (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), William Keating (D-MA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
- H.R. 1088 (118th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 561 (118th) EACH Act of 2023
- H.R. 1838 (118th) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act
- H.Con.Res. 44 (118th) Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
- H.R. 932 (118th) To repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
- H.R. 1510 (118th) Improving Access to Nutrition 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.