House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Health Disparity Zones Act of 2026
Official title: To provide for the designation of areas as Health Disparity Zones to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes in such areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shri Thanedar D-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 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. 9488.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4264):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Clause 18 of Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 137 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9488, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 20, 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. Shri Thanedar.
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- H.R. 10401 (119th) No ICE Deaths in the Dark Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1528 (119th) Recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September, 2026, as "National Suicide…
- H.R. 1893 (119th) LIONs Act of 2025
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.