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House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act

H.R. 5168Introduced Sep 8, 2025Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Official title: To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to transition the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Pablo Hernández D-PR
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5168.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5168, last updated October 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 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

89 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 81 Democrats

8 of 89 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY) and 59 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pablo Hernández.

Related bills

Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.

Sponsor’s state and district

Puerto Rico in Congress · PR at-large district

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Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.