House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

H.R. 1916Introduced Mar 16, 2021Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedMar 16, 2021
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseApr 4, 2022 · 310–110
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 5, 2022 — 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. 1916.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1916, Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act” on March 25, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As introduced in the House of Representatives on March 16, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 25, 2022 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57952
CBO publication date
March 25, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1916, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1916
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 1916, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act” on April 4, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the Clerk of the House on April 1, 2022”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2022 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57963
CBO publication date
April 4, 2022
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1916, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1916
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 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 Ms. ESHOO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 49, March 16, 2021, Page H1413):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 16, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1916, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1916
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
96cb2c82ce2e9d394fad1c1be52795f13b6b540b27f75dc3164bb69d6ecb9175
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1916, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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

317 cosponsors — 116 Republicans, 201 Democrats

116 of 317 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Jim Banks (R-IN), Andy Barr (R-KY), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN) and 287 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-18 district

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.