House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4870.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 170, October 28, 2019, Page H8539):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4870, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4870
- 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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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 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Denny Heck (D-WA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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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.