House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1841.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 50, March 21, 2019, Page H2762):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1841, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6955abe4587529103cff874c835deca0a7bb70cfe33dcd757332c888582a828f
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or 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
16 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 10 Democrats
6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Scott Peters (D-CA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Steve Watkins (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ami Bera.
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- H.R. 6334 (116th) Securing America From Epidemics Act
- H.R. 5760 (116th) Grid Security Research and Development Act
- H.R. 1398 (116th) Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019
- H.R. 8702 (116th) Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
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.