House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out activities to eliminate hepatitis C virus in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and 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. 9682.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: Congress has the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 292 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9682, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9682
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 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 October 6, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Henry Johnson (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 1941 (119th) Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.