House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016
Sponsor: Rep. Larry Bucshon R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4959.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 58, April 15, 2016, Page H1765):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4959, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4959
- 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.
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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
27 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 27 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Dan Benishek (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Carney (D-DE), Chris Collins (R-NY), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Ron Kind (D-WI), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Kristi Noem (R-SD), Tom Price (R-GA), David Roe (R-TN), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Don Young (R-AK), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon.
- H.R. 3716 (114th) Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act
- H.R. 4981 (114th) Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act
- H.R. 5122 (114th) To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding testing of Medicare part B prescription drug models.
- H.R. 2366 (114th) Field EMS Modernization and Innovation Act
- H.R. 445 (114th) Transparency in Rule Making When Using Scientific Testing Act of 2015
- H.R. 2872 (114th) Opioid Addiction Treatment Modernization Act
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.