House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 57, March 26, 2021, Page H1694):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2256, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 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 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
217 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 180 Democrats
37 of 217 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 187 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell.
- H.R. 951 (117th) Maternal Vaccination Act
- H.R. 3222 (117th) Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 4 (117th) John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
- H.R. 1946 (117th) Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021
- H.R. 1321 (117th) New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021
- H.R. 3259 (117th) NOPAIN Act
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.