1HOUSE · APR 21, 2026
Passed the House
406–4PASSED
R 198–4 D 207–0 I 1–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 128 · 20 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Carter R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2025
- Committee actionSep 17, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 21, 2026 · 406–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2026 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2493.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2493, Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act of 2025” on January 5, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 3, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 5, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61989
- CBO publication date
- January 5, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-325 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 3, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/325
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 57, March 31, 2025, Page H1375):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2493, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2493
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 2493. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Shomari Figures (D-AL), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 261 (119th) Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 1455 (119th) ITS Codification Act
- H.Res. 283 (119th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 2289 (119th) American Broadband Deployment Act of 2025
- H.R. 4218 (119th) CLEAR Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.