House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for career support for a skilled, internationally educated health care workforce.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9747.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):Article I, Section 8, Clause ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9747, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9747
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.