House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Urban and Rural Diabetes Initiative Act
Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes in urban and rural communities.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6241.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4878):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6241, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Wesley Bell (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
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- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
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- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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.