House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-178
Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024
Became law on Dec 23, 2024.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2024
- Committee actionMar 20, 2024
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2024 · 399–13
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024
Latest action: Dec 23, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-178.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6960.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-488 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 7, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/488
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6960, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6960
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 6, January 11, 2024, Page H107):Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children programSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 189 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6960, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6960
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72a02ba093a0f007fa21c874f879a8ec1c59a566d8b6a177f8c6558372d77c49
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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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
9 of 10 cosponsors (90%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), John Joyce (R-PA), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.