House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ensuring Rural Health Care Access for Military and Tribal Families Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for the designation of certain facilities as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Newhouse R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8986.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Pages H3725-H3726):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8986, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8986
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 23, 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 June 23, 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. Dan Newhouse.
- H.Res. 189 (119th) Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
- H.R. 2072 (119th) To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction…
- H.Res. 744 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 21 through September 27, 2025, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
- H.R. 1575 (119th) No American Land for Communist China Act
- H.R. 1576 (119th) Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1552 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
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.