Access for All America Act
Latest action · Mar 5, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access for All America Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for community health centers and for the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program for FY2010-FY2015, and provide for increased funding for such programs in FY2016 and each subsequent fiscal year; and (2) revise and expand provisions allowing a community health center to provide services at different locations, adjust its operating plan and budget, enter into arrangements with other centers to purchase supplies and services at reduced cost, and correct material failures in grant compliance.
Cosponsors 131
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2009 to Mar 26, 2009; 75 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 4, 2009 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Eric J. J. Massa | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Thomas S.P. Perriello | Mar 26, 2009 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 4, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 5, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 4, 2009Introduced in House
- Mar 4, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-520 | CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING: SOUNDING THE ALARM ON A SILENT KILLER37 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Dec 17, 2009 |
| S. Hrg. 111-656 | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACCESS REFORM: COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS83 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Apr 30, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 486 | Access for All America Act | Identical bill | Feb 26, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services for all Americans and to reform the organization of primary care delivery through an expansion of the Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Access for All America Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2009Introduced in House
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