House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to ensure that commodities procured for the purpose of foreign assistance are made available to intended beneficiaries before such commodities expire, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Meeks D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4516.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4516, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
41 cosponsors — 41 Democrats
0 of 41 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 11 more.
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