House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Long-Term Care Transparency Act
Official title: To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require reports to Congress on State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1256.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1256, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1256
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
256e0427ce7d9157ceaf1af41b60ad94b01225d735bf26587fcadcbfff90a556
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 July 18, 2026). 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 177 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 426 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.