House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Larry Bucshon R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 31, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1781.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 54, March 24, 2023, Page H1438):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: HealthSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 104 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1781, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1781
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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
12 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 11 Democrats
11 of 12 cosponsors (92%) are from the other party.
Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), John Joyce (R-PA), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Scott Peters (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Bucshon.
- H.R. 2544 (118th) Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
- H.R. 6571 (118th) Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2023
- H.R. 6572 (118th) Deploying American Blockchains Act of 2023
- H.R. 6421 (118th) Affordable HOMES Act
- H.R. 1068 (118th) Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
- H.R. 3290 (118th) 340B Transparency Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.