House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Combatting Hospital Monopolies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2856.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SPARTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Page H1949):Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain tax-exempt organizations.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 182 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2856, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 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 January 16, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Victoria Spartz.
- H.R. 9775 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 North Anderson Street in Elwood, Indiana, as the "Officer…
- H.R. 3446 (118th) Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023
- H.R. 2860 (118th) Restoring Rights of Physicians to Own Hospitals Act
- H.R. 2863 (118th) Preventing Hospital Overbilling of Medicare Act
- H.R. 2857 (118th) Measuring State Healthcare Freedom Act
- H.R. 2858 (118th) Restoring Rights of Medical Residents 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.