House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Access to Spiritual Treatment and Organized Religion Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require providers of services to provide patients access to clergy.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Flood R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 9851.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9851, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9851
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 25, 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. Mike Flood.
- H.R. 3339 (119th) Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025
- H.R. 7128 (119th) TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1381 (119th) Electing a Member to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 38 (119th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 39 (119th) Ranking a Member on a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 6547 (119th) Least Cost Exception Act
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.