House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Parental Accessibility Rights for Emergency and Negligent Treatment Act
Sponsor: Rep. Gregory Murphy R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2020
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 10, 2020 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5582.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 6, January 10, 2020, Page H180):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution (known as the Taxing and Spending Clause) which gives Congress Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impost and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution (known as the Necessary and Proper Clause), which gives Congress Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 633 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5582, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5582
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
029a71427f5348f6fe570232ee8fb33505ed4fa867b813b2ea0d94893ca3e8c4
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5582, last updated December 5, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Jim Banks (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), John Rutherford (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gregory Murphy.
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- H.R. 6128 (116th) Eliminate Agency Excess Space Act
- H.R. 5875 (116th) Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- H.R. 5774 (116th) Veterans HOPE Act
- H.R. 7842 (116th) INFLUENCE 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.