House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2455.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 71, May 1, 2019, Page H3406):Article I Section 8 Clause 3--Congress has the ability to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 155 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2455, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Jason Crow (D-CO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Ron Wright (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Joyce.
- H.R. 3318 (116th) Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019
- H.R. 7835 (116th) To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Eric Fisher Wood, Jr. for the acts of valor during the Battle of the Bulge.
- H.R. 8045 (116th) Genome Editing Threat Assessment Act
- H.R. 7102 (116th) FARM to TABLE Delivery Act
- H.R. 7533 (116th) Small Business Category Management Training Act
- H.R. 7812 (116th) ORE 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.