House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2019

H.R. 3062Introduced Jun 3, 2019Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Michael Burgess R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 3, 2019
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 4, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3062.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
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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

42 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 42 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Jody Hice (R-GA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), J. Hill (R-AR), George Holding (R-NC), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV) and 12 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-26 district

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