House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Joyce R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 17, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2936.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 67, April 17, 2025, Page H1613):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 71 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2936, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2936
- 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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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 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
34 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 34 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Donald Davis (D-NC), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), William Keating (D-MA), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Deborah Ross (D-NC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Joyce.
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- H.R. 7905 (119th) Diabetes Foot Health Access and Modernization Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 1974 (119th) ABC-ED Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.