House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Community Care Notification Time Adjustment Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Mast R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8481.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 88, May 21, 2024, Page H3399):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would extend the Department of Veterans Affairs emergency community care notification deadline from 72-hours after emergency care starts, to 72-hours after discharge of receiving such care.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 274 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8481, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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 May 27, 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
11 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 11 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 7333 (118th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the "Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center".
- H.R. 340 (118th) Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
- H.R. 1189 (118th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 8234 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 562 (118th) Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
- H.R. 8232 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to withdraw from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…
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.