House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Territories Health Equity Act of 2025
Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Stacey Plaskett D-VIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 5, 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. 6494.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PLASKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6494, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 8, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP), James Moylan (R-GU), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
- H.R. 1737 (119th) To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a…
- H.R. 8121 (119th) To designate the Christiansted Bandstand at the Christiansted National Historic Site, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, as the "Peter G.…
- H.R. 5209 (119th) HOPE for Haitian Prosperity Act of 2025
- H.Res. 360 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the last Tuesday of April each year as "APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day".
- H.R. 5409 (119th) Territory Health Revitalization Act
- H.R. 6065 (119th) Farm to School Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.