House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 559.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1922.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1922, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019” on October 31, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55803
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1922, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-675 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 18, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/675
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1922, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83c22c7d4483328a4024657a543ac1359e011921226a580c1514a24c0c3a70d2
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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. KIND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 53, March 27, 2019, Page H2886):Article I, Section 7Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1922, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83c22c7d4483328a4024657a543ac1359e011921226a580c1514a24c0c3a70d2
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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
13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Harley Rouda (D-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Susan Wild (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1175 (116th) Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 2207 (116th) Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2019
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.