House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Investment Zones Act of 2026
Official title: To provide for the designation of areas as Health Investment Zones to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in such areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Harder D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, 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. 7496.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 29, February 11, 2026, Page H2187):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7496, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 11, 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 March 11, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
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- H.R. 345 (119th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025
- H.R. 4671 (119th) Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act
- H.R. 2910 (119th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 4852 (119th) Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025
- H.R. 914 (119th) American CANS Act
Related bills
- S. 3840 (119th) Health Investment Zones Act of 2026Identical 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.