House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 6, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3339.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5772):The Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 206 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3339, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3339
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 August 12, 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
63 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 30 Democrats
30 of 63 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Frank Guinta (R-NH), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Jody Hice (R-GA), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and 33 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.