House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LOVE Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide payment under the Medicare program for living kidney donor transplant facilitator training.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2026 — 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. 7581.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 31, February 13, 2026, Page H2225):section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7581, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 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 May 27, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Sarah McBride (D-DE).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
- H.R. 1155 (119th) Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
- H.R. 9499 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers from Ghost Preparers Act
- H.R. 1329 (119th) Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- H.R. 9771 (119th) Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026
- H.R. 3112 (119th) Better CARE for Animals Act of 2025
- H.R. 1330 (119th) Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.