HR 1195 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 17, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA

Latest action · Mar 28, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 17, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services.

Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

Cosponsors 126

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2011 to Oct 19, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Mar 17, 2011
D-AR	Mike Ross	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Apr 5, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 5, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 5, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Apr 5, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 5, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Apr 5, 2011
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Apr 5, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Apr 5, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Apr 5, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 5, 2011
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Apr 7, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Apr 7, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 7, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Apr 7, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 7, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Apr 11, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Apr 11, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Apr 11, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Apr 12, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 13, 2011
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 13, 2011
D-IA	David Loebsack		Apr 14, 2011
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Apr 14, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Apr 14, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Apr 14, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 14, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 15, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 4, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		May 4, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		May 4, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		May 4, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		May 4, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		May 4, 2011
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		May 4, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 4, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 4, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		May 4, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		May 5, 2011
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		May 11, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		May 12, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		May 24, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		May 24, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 26, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 26, 2011
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 27, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 27, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 27, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		May 31, 2011
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Jun 3, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 14, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Jun 15, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jun 15, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jun 22, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jun 22, 2011
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jun 28, 2011
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jun 28, 2011
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Jul 8, 2011
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 12, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 13, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 21, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jul 25, 2011
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 25, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Jul 26, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Jul 28, 2011
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 29, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Sep 8, 2011
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 8, 2011
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Sep 8, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Sep 9, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Sep 13, 2011
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 14, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 20, 2011
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Sep 23, 2011
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Oct 5, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		Oct 5, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Oct 12, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Oct 13, 2011
D-NY	Kathleen C. Hochul		Oct 13, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass		Oct 21, 2011
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Oct 31, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Nov 1, 2011
D-MA	William R. Keating		Nov 1, 2011
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Nov 2, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Nov 3, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Nov 10, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Nov 14, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Dec 8, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Dec 9, 2011
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jan 18, 2012
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jan 23, 2012
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Jan 23, 2012
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Feb 1, 2012
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Feb 6, 2012
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 8, 2012
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Feb 28, 2012
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Mar 26, 2012
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 18, 2012
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Apr 18, 2012
D-CA	Bob Filner		Apr 18, 2012
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Apr 18, 2012
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Apr 18, 2012
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 18, 2012
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 18, 2012
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 18, 2012
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Apr 18, 2012
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Apr 18, 2012
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Apr 27, 2012
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Apr 27, 2012
D-OK	Dan Boren		Apr 27, 2012
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Apr 27, 2012
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 27, 2012
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Apr 27, 2012
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Apr 27, 2012
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		May 8, 2012
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici		May 30, 2012
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 29, 2012
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 23, 2012
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Aug 1, 2012
R-GA	Austin Scott		Sep 21, 2012
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Sep 21, 2012
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Oct 2, 2012
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Oct 2, 2012
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Oct 5, 2012
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Oct 19, 2012

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 17, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 28, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 28, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2011Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 to regulate Commerce among the several States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1987.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2192	National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2012	Related bill	Mar 15, 2012

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 17, 2011Introduced in House

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