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House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

H.R. 2256Introduced Mar 26, 2021Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Terri Sewell D-AL
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 29, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2256.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2256, last updated January 3, 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

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alabama in Congress · AL-7 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.