House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Stop the Wait Act of 2022
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2022
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2022 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6583.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 22, February 3, 2022, Page H947):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6583, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6583
- 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
105 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 104 Democrats
1 of 105 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 75 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4311 (117th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2021
- H.R. 6202 (117th) Telehealth Extension Act of 2021
Related bills
- S. 5428 (119th) Stop the Wait Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.