House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2500.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4945):This bill is enacted pursuant to Congress' legislative powers under Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution. Under this provision, Congress has the authority to regulate ``commerce among the several states,'' ``To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,'' and ``To make Rules for the Government.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 311 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2500, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2500
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 August 14, 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
74 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 40 Democrats
40 of 74 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Culberson (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 44 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.