House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Edward Whitfield R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1726.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Pages H2114-H2115):Article I, Section 8, clause 1 The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. AND Article I, Section 8, clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 464 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1726, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1726
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1726, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
33 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 33 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Pete Olson (R-TX), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Marc Veasey (D-TX) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.