House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
Sponsor: Rep. G. K. Butterfield D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUTTERFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 70, April 22, 2021, Page H2107):Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution, Congress has the power to collect taxes and expend funds to provide for the general welfare of the United States. Congress may also make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying into execution their powers enumerated under Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 298 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2759, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2759
- 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
73 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 40 Democrats
33 of 73 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Jerry Carl (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Michael Guest (R-MS) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. G. K. Butterfield.
- H.R. 1218 (117th) Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act
- H.R. 2758 (117th) Lumbee Recognition Act
- H.R. 4871 (117th) Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2021
- H.R. 5922 (117th) Sarah Keys Evans Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 5377 (117th) Cancer Patient Equity Act of 2021
- H.R. 7506 (117th) New Era of Preventing End-Stage Kidney Disease 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.