House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Transparency in Billing Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to only pay claims submitted by hospitals that have in place policies and procedures to ensure accurate billing practices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2026
- Committee actionMay 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 652.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8684.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-748 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on July 13, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/748
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8684, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8684
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 78, May 7, 2026, Page H3343):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8684, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8684
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
01574634a89a67861536b8e24382934695632650874c5364ba8c3e060d8ceb50
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of September 19, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.
- H.R. 4795 (119th) Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1014 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7148) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30…
- H.Res. 1115 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 556) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from…
- H.Res. 1336 (119th) Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
- H.Res. 1423 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for…
- H.Res. 1438 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the…
Related bills
- H.R. 4509 (118th) Transparency in Billing Act of 2023Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.