House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

H.R. 1676Introduced Mar 22, 2017Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedMar 22, 2017
Committee actionJul 12, 2018
Passed HouseJul 23, 2018 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 24, 2018 — 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. 1676.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1676, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act” on July 27, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 23, 2018”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2018 ↗
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CBO publication date
July 27, 2018
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1676, 115th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 50, March 22, 2017, Page H2349):
Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2017 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1676, 115th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 21, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

285 cosponsors — 115 Republicans, 170 Democrats

115 of 285 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN) and 255 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-16 district

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