House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-175
Patient Advocate Tracker Act
Became law on Sep 16, 2022.
Sponsor: Rep. Lisa McClain R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 27, 2021
- Committee actionApr 6, 2022
- Passed HouseMay 17, 2022 · 411–1
- Passed SenateSep 8, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 15, 2022
- Became lawSep 16, 2022
Latest action: Sep 16, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-175.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5754.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5754, Patient Advocate Tracker Act” on May 13, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 6, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58101
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5754, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5754
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 189, October 27, 2021, Page H5959):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 27, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5754, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a6394c4e02e2fcc681e17c92a29cbcefb548d89a45110bdd976c0dc9fcbf7ab2
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5754, last updated December 5, 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
122 cosponsors — 69 Republicans, 53 Democrats
53 of 122 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Colin Allred (D-TX), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Brian Babin (R-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Earl Carter (R-GA), Troy Carter (D-LA), Ed Case (D-HI), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), J. Correa (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN) and 92 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lisa McClain.
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- H.R. 5142 (117th) To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servicemembers who perished in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021…
- H.Res. 530 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Homeland Security and all its law enforcement agencies conduct…
- H.Res. 1228 (117th) Expressing support for the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
- H.J.Res. 86 (117th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Department of Justice…
- H.R. 5527 (117th) Accountability in Foreign Animal Research 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.