House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

H.R. 1379Introduced Feb 26, 2019Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Collin Peterson D-MN

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 26, 2019
Committee actionSep 9, 2020
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 9, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1379.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1379, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56922
CBO publication date
December 24, 2020
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1379, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1379
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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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. PETERSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 35, February 26, 2019, Page H2235):
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1379, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1379
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
16f51451d92028ce90e6f870a15d1dd8028b1bfc13c55ccd2b0db319da56e6e5
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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

313 cosponsors — 102 Republicans, 211 Democrats

101 of 313 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.

Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA) and 283 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Collin Peterson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-7 district

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