House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law

Purchased and Referred Care Improvement Act of 2024

H.R. 7516Introduced Mar 1, 2024Policy area: Native Americans

Sponsor: Rep. Dusty Johnson R-SD

Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

IntroducedMar 1, 2024
Committee actionNov 20, 2024
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Dec 18, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 748.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7516.

Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-916 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 18, 2024.
Source: Congress.gov, reported December 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/916
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7516, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7516
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97e9322f9ef5167beb482ab14b720b827ea311033ccaa0ee4ed0fb3b91274988
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 38, March 1, 2024, Page H781):
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to address liability for payment of charges or costs associated with provision of purchased/referred care services, and for other purposes.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2024 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
276 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7516, 118th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7516
Record last updated by Congress.gov
May 27, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97e9322f9ef5167beb482ab14b720b827ea311033ccaa0ee4ed0fb3b91274988
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 (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

Sent to: Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7516, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.

Tom Cole (R-OK), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Mary Peltola (D-AK), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).

More from the sponsor

Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dusty Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress · SD at-large district

Open in Bill Explorer →

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.