House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Care Affordability Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.
Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Underwood D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 247.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 247, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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 October 15, 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
165 cosponsors — 165 Democrats
0 of 165 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Shontel Brown (D-OH), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Troy Carter (D-LA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Herbert Conaway (D-NJ), J. Correa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO) and 135 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lauren Underwood.
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- H.R. 6238 (119th) NIH IMPROVE Act
- H.R. 7973 (119th) Momnibus Act
- H.R. 8397 (119th) Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act
- H.R. 8807 (119th) Maternal Health Pandemic Response Act
Related bills
- S. 46 (119th) Health Care Affordability Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 10730 (119th) Healthy Communities Act of 2026Related bill
- H.R. 4849 (119th) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 6900 (119th) American Affordability Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 7767 (119th) Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share ActRelated bill
- S. 2556 (119th) Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs ActRelated bill
- S. 3956 (119th) Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.