House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2144.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 54, March 23, 2021, Page H1621):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2144, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2144
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 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
68 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 51 Democrats
17 of 68 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 38 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
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- H.R. 2654 (117th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021
- H.R. 2517 (117th) Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act
- H.R. 2143 (117th) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
- H.R. 4385 (117th) Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2021
- H.R. 2881 (117th) Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
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.