House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Pathways to Health Careers Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2019
- Committee actionOct 22, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2019 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 211.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3398.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3398, Pathways to Health Careers Act” on October 25, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 22, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55769
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3398, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3398
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-265 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 29, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 29, 2019 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/265
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3398, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3398
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 105, June 21, 2019, Page H5037):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2019 ↗
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- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3398, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3398
- 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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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
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), John Larson (D-CT), John Lewis (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Michael San Nicolas (D-GU), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis.
- H.R. 3250 (116th) Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools Act of 2020
- H.R. 2940 (116th) To extend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and related programs through September 30, 2019.
- H.R. 3298 (116th) Child Care Quality and Access Act of 2019
- H.R. 7947 (116th) Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- H.R. 2168 (116th) REAL Act of 2019
- H.R. 4980 (116th) Family First Transition 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.