House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 16, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2781.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2781, Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness for Health Act of 2019” on October 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 24, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55737
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. 116-214 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/214
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 82, May 16, 2019, Page H3924):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 167 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2781, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2781, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
15 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 11 Democrats
4 of 15 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Billy Long (R-MO), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Janice Schakowsky.
- H.R. 2211 (116th) STURDY Act
- H.R. 8134 (116th) Consumer Product Safety Inspection Enhancement Act
- H.R. 3170 (116th) Safe Cribs Act of 2019
- H.R. 2296 (116th) More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act
- H.R. 1948 (116th) Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019
- H.R. 961 (116th) Safeguard American Food Exports 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.