House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. David Joyce R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2019
- Committee actionJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 728.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 728, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization of 2019” on October 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 24, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55736
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 728, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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. 116-216 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 24, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/216
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 728, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2428d0df098298feb2ab136f99c1def90e9615ec648763cbf1255c21f90b2f66
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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. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 14, January 23, 2019, Page H1172):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 327 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 728, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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
130 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 108 Democrats
109 of 130 cosponsors (84%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) and 100 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1528 (116th) COPE Act of 2019
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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.