House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2015
- Committee actionMar 16, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 16, 2015 · 382–15
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 648, Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act” on March 11, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 12, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50012
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 648, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/648
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-43 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 16, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2015 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/43
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 648, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/648
- 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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- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 17, February 2, 2015, Page H704):Article One, Section Eight, Clause One ``The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.'' Article One, Section Eight, Clause Three ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2015 ↗
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- Statement length
- 455 characters
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- H.R. 648, 114th Congress
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/648
- 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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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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 14 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jared Polis (D-CO), Bobby Rush (D-IL), David Scott (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.