House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1682.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 44, March 12, 2019, Page H2680):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1682, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1682
- 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
60 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 51 Democrats
9 of 60 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Josh Harder (D-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Denny Heck (D-WA), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Rick Larsen (D-WA) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.
- H.R. 748 (116th) CARES Act
- H.R. 8472 (116th) Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act
- H.R. 1309 (116th) Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
- H.R. 1707 (116th) Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
- H.R. 1257 (116th) United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2019
- H.R. 6397 (116th) Coronavirus Emergency Student Loan Refinancing Act
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.