House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2024

H.R. 5526Introduced Sep 18, 2023Policy area: Health

Sponsor: Rep. Diana Harshbarger R-TN

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 18, 2023
Committee actionJun 12, 2024
Passed HouseSep 23, 2024 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 24, 2024 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5526.

Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-691 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 19, 2024.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2024 ↗
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December 5, 2025
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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. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4381):
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: healthcare
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
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H.R. 5526, 118th Congress
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (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

69 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 29 Democrats

29 of 69 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

Colin Allred (D-TX), Don Bacon (R-NE), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Ron Estes (R-KS), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Jared Golden (D-ME), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mark Green (R-TN), H. Griffith (R-VA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Jeff Jackson (D-NC) and 39 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Diana Harshbarger.

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress · TN-1 district

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.