House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
RURAL Healthcare Act
Official title: To classify qualified locum tenens professionals and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act.
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess Owens R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2026
- Committee actionJul 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8347.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 67, April 16, 2026, Page H2961):Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, Congress has the power to enact this legislation.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 134 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8347, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8347
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
118d40706f3a4400da084ddc99b5f22bd27cd9608cdb331c03eda43b5e5e43ac
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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8347, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.