House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
TRICARE Equality Act
Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the administration of the TRICARE program in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2632.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2632, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2632
- 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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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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 — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), John Larson (D-CT), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pablo Hernández.
- H.R. 2261 (119th) Strengthening Oversight of DHS Intelligence Act
- H.R. 5168 (119th) Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- H.Res. 724 (119th) Recognizing the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Maria's destruction of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
- H.R. 7829 (119th) Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026
- H.R. 9246 (119th) Puerto Rico Democratic Self Determination Act
- H.R. 3238 (119th) HABLA Act of 2025
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.