House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 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. 959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 959, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2018” on July 24, 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 24, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54292
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 959, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 21, February 7, 2017, Page H1086):Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 959, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
105 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 84 Democrats, 1 independent
85 of 105 cosponsors (81%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY) and 75 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Joyce.
- H.R. 664 (115th) STOP OD Act of 2017
- H.R. 6043 (115th) STATES Act
- H.Res. 871 (115th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of June 2, 2018, through June 10, 2018, as National Fishing and Boating Week.
- H.R. 5052 (115th) Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
- H.Res. 1022 (115th) Condemning the ongoing illegal occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
- H.R. 3735 (115th) No Knives on Planes Act of 2017
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.