House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee actionSep 17, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 16, 2026 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2846.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-327 ↗. 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 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/327
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2846, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 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 Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1601):The ``neccessary and proper'' clause of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
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- 94 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2846, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2846
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jill Tokuda (D-HI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan.
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- H.R. 2439 (119th) Support UNFPA Funding Act
- H.Res. 1380 (119th) Commemorating 50 years of women at the service academies.
- H.R. 8175 (119th) To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender…
- H.R. 942 (119th) Banning SPR Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act
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