House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
RESCUE Act of 2026
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate payments for ambulance services under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. August Pfluger R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 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. 9970.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 122, July 27, 2026, Pages H5203-H5204):Artile I Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9970, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 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
12 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 12 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jack Bergman (R-MI), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Joyce (R-PA), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.