House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5796.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 158, September 28, 2023, Page H4856):Art I, Sec 8 The single subject of this legislation is, A bill related to the proposed rule entitled ``Medicare Programs; Minimum Staffing Standardsd for Long-Term Care Gacilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5796, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5796
- 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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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
36 cosponsors — 36 Republicans
0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Troy Balderson (R-OH), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Mike Bost (R-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mike Carey (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Jake LaTurner (R-KS), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Greg Pence (R-IN), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rose (R-TN) and 6 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.