House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Vaccine Transportation Access Act
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for removing transportation barriers to accessing eligible vaccines for individuals from low-income communities, minority communities, or other communities in which transportation poses a barrier to health care access, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Dec 18, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6839.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6116):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6839, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 21, 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.
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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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sanford Bishop (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Jesús García (D-IL), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Emily Randall (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Marc Veasey (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nanette Barragán.
- H.Res. 543 (119th) Recognizing the right to peacefully protest and condemning violence and authoritarian responses to expressions of dissent.
- H.R. 5673 (119th) Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
- H.R. 10415 (119th) Food for Thought Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1402 (119th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.
- H.R. 576 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14096 relating to revitalizing our Nation's commitment to environmental justice for all.
- H.R. 1449 (119th) Energy Resilient Communities Act
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.