House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Health Innovation Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a rural health center innovation awards program and a rural health department enhancement program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 21, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H730):Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 316 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1480, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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