House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
PrEP Assistance Program Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1643.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 42, March 8, 2019, Page H2615):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 264 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1643, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1643
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
78 cosponsors — 78 Democrats
0 of 78 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Debra Haaland (D-NM), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ro Khanna (D-CA) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.