House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2620.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 77, May 9, 2019, Page H3680):The Commerce Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 51 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2620
- 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
21 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 13 Democrats
8 of 21 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Pete Olson (R-TX), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sanford Bishop.
- H.R. 5472 (116th) Jimmy Carter National Historical Park Redesignation Act
- H.R. 265 (116th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
- H.Res. 1054 (116th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable John Lewis.
- H.R. 3164 (116th) Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year…
- H.R. 7610 (116th) Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year…
- H.R. 333 (116th) Disabled Veterans Tax Termination 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.