House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 11, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2019 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3708.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3708, Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2019” on November 1, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 23, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55805
- CBO publication date
- November 1, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3708, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce87ecb4814bfe247a186ae11629eee4b7955195ef85eba66857b4244743ebe3
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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. 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…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3708, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3708
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce87ecb4814bfe247a186ae11629eee4b7955195ef85eba66857b4244743ebe3
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 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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Kevin Hern (R-OK), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Devin Nunes (R-CA), David Roe (R-TN), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Jason Smith (R-MO), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Scott Tipton (R-CO).
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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.