House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SOLES Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a floor on payments to sole community hospitals located in Alaska and Hawaii under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Begich R-AKWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 30, 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. 4250.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEGICH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 113, June 30, 2025, Page H3036):Article 1, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4250, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 December 5, 2025). 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Begich.
- H.R. 2815 (119th) Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025
- H.R. 3620 (119th) Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
- H.R. 410 (119th) Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025
- H.J.Res. 106 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.J.Res. 131 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 42 (119th) Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act
Related bills
- S. 553 (119th) SOLES ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.