House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
COVER Now Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a demonstration project under the Medicaid program for political subdivisions of States to provide medical assistance for the expansion population under such program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 608.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 608, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/608
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 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
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), David Scott (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
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- H.R. 2045 (119th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2025
- H.R. 930 (119th) Stop the Wait Act of 2025
- H.R. 1918 (119th) Farewell to Foam Act of 2025
- H.R. 609 (119th) Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act of 2025
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.