HR 1948 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019

Introduced Mar 28, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Mar 29, 2019 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 28, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019

This bill includes certain lymphedema compression treatment items as covered durable medical equipment under Medicare. (Lymphedema is a condition of localized fluid retention and tissue swelling that is caused when the lymphatic system is damaged or blocked.)

Cosponsors 386

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2019 to Oct 23, 2020; 93 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-AS	Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-OH	David P. Joyce	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	Francis Rooney	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-NC	George Holding	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-MT	Greg Gianforte	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-PR	Jenniffer González-Colón	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Katie Hill	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-WA	Kim Schrier	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-FL	Matt Gaetz	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Mar 28, 2019
I-MI	Paul Mitchell	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-SC	Tom Rice	Original	Mar 28, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Mar 28, 2019
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 1, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Apr 1, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 1, 2019
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Apr 1, 2019
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Apr 1, 2019
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Apr 1, 2019
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Apr 1, 2019
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Apr 1, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Apr 1, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Apr 3, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi		Apr 3, 2019
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Apr 9, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Apr 9, 2019
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Apr 9, 2019
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Apr 9, 2019
R-MS	Michael Guest		Apr 9, 2019
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Apr 9, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Apr 9, 2019
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Apr 12, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Apr 12, 2019
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Apr 12, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Apr 12, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 12, 2019
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Apr 12, 2019
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Apr 12, 2019
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Apr 12, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Apr 12, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 12, 2019
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		Apr 18, 2019
R-IL	Mike Bost		Apr 18, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Apr 18, 2019
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Apr 25, 2019
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Apr 25, 2019
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Apr 25, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Apr 25, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Apr 25, 2019
R-AR	J. French Hill		Apr 25, 2019
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Apr 25, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Apr 25, 2019
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		Apr 25, 2019
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Apr 25, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 25, 2019
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Apr 25, 2019
D-CA	Mike Levin		Apr 25, 2019
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Apr 25, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Apr 25, 2019
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Apr 25, 2019
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 25, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Apr 25, 2019
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Apr 25, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 25, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		May 1, 2019
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		May 1, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		May 1, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		May 1, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 1, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist		May 1, 2019
R-TN	David P. Roe		May 1, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		May 1, 2019
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 1, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 1, 2019
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		May 1, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 1, 2019
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		May 1, 2019
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		May 1, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		May 1, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor		May 1, 2019
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 1, 2019
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		May 1, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		May 1, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan		May 1, 2019
R-AL	Mo Brooks		May 1, 2019
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		May 1, 2019
D-IL	Sean Casten		May 1, 2019
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		May 1, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		May 1, 2019
D-MI	Andy Levin		May 2, 2019
R-MI	Tim Walberg		May 2, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 2, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		May 7, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		May 7, 2019
R-KY	Harold Rogers		May 7, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		May 7, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		May 7, 2019
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		May 7, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		May 7, 2019
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 7, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		May 7, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		May 7, 2019
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 9, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 9, 2019
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		May 9, 2019
D-CA	Ami Bera		May 9, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		May 9, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 9, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto		May 9, 2019
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 9, 2019
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		May 9, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		May 9, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		May 9, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		May 9, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		May 9, 2019
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		May 9, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 9, 2019
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib		May 9, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		May 9, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		May 9, 2019
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		May 9, 2019
D-TX	Al Green		May 14, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		May 14, 2019
R-MO	Ann Wagner		May 14, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		May 14, 2019
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		May 14, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		May 14, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 14, 2019
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		May 14, 2019
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		May 14, 2019
R-PA	John Joyce		May 14, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		May 14, 2019
R-MN	Pete Stauber		May 14, 2019
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		May 14, 2019
D-NV	Susie Lee		May 14, 2019
R-TN	Tim Burchett		May 14, 2019
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 14, 2019
D-FL	Val Butler Demings		May 14, 2019
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		May 14, 2019
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		May 15, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins		May 15, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 15, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		May 15, 2019
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		May 15, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia		May 15, 2019
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		May 15, 2019
D-CA	Karen Bass		May 16, 2019
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 16, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim		May 21, 2019
R-FL	Daniel Webster		May 21, 2019
R-NE	Don Bacon		May 21, 2019
R-MO	Jason Smith		May 21, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		May 21, 2019
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 21, 2019
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 21, 2019
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		May 21, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 21, 2019
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		May 21, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		May 22, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		May 22, 2019
R-MO	Billy Long		May 22, 2019
R-IL	Darin LaHood		May 22, 2019
D-MN	Dean Phillips		May 22, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		May 22, 2019
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		May 22, 2019
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 22, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		May 22, 2019
R-MN	Tom Emmer		May 22, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee		May 24, 2019
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 24, 2019
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		May 24, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case		May 24, 2019
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		May 24, 2019
R-KY	James Comer		May 24, 2019
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		May 24, 2019
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		May 24, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild		May 24, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jul 16, 2019
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 16, 2019
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 16, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 16, 2019
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jul 16, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jul 16, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jul 16, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jul 16, 2019
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jul 16, 2019
R-NC	David Rouzer		Jul 16, 2019
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jul 16, 2019
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Jul 16, 2019
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jul 16, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 16, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jul 16, 2019
R-IN	Greg Pence		Jul 16, 2019
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jul 16, 2019
D-CT	James A. Himes		Jul 16, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 16, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jul 16, 2019
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta		Jul 16, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Katie Porter		Jul 16, 2019
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jul 16, 2019
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Jul 16, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 16, 2019
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Jul 16, 2019
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 16, 2019
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 16, 2019
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jul 16, 2019
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 16, 2019
R-KS	Ron Estes		Jul 16, 2019
R-TX	Ron Wright		Jul 16, 2019
R-FL	Ross Spano		Jul 16, 2019
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jul 16, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jul 16, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Jul 16, 2019
R-TX	Van Taylor		Jul 16, 2019
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Jul 16, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jul 25, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Jul 25, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 25, 2019
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jul 25, 2019
R-LA	Garret Graves		Jul 25, 2019
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 25, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Jul 25, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jul 25, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 25, 2019
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Aug 2, 2019
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Aug 6, 2019
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Aug 20, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Aug 20, 2019
D-MD	David J. Trone		Aug 23, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Aug 23, 2019
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Aug 23, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Aug 23, 2019
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Aug 27, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		Sep 17, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Sep 17, 2019
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Sep 17, 2019
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Sep 19, 2019
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Sep 19, 2019
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Sep 19, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Sep 19, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Sep 26, 2019
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Sep 26, 2019
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Sep 26, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 27, 2019
D-CT	John B. Larson		Oct 1, 2019
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Oct 1, 2019
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Oct 11, 2019
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Oct 11, 2019
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Oct 11, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Oct 11, 2019
D-GA	David Scott		Oct 11, 2019
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Oct 11, 2019
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Oct 11, 2019
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Oct 11, 2019
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Oct 11, 2019
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Oct 11, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Oct 21, 2019
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Oct 21, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Oct 21, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Oct 21, 2019
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Oct 21, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Oct 21, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Oct 21, 2019
R-TX	Roger Williams		Oct 21, 2019
R-GA	Tom Graves		Oct 21, 2019
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Oct 22, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Oct 22, 2019
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Oct 22, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Oct 28, 2019
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Oct 28, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Nov 1, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Nov 1, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Nov 15, 2019
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Nov 21, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Nov 22, 2019
R-IN	Jim Banks		Nov 26, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Dec 3, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Dec 3, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Dec 5, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 5, 2019
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Dec 5, 2019
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Dec 5, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Dec 6, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Dec 9, 2019
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Dec 9, 2019
R-GA	Doug Collins		Jan 8, 2020
R-IN	James R. Baird		Jan 13, 2020
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Feb 25, 2020
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Feb 25, 2020
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Mar 3, 2020
R-NC	Ted Budd		Mar 3, 2020
D-MA	William R. Keating		Mar 3, 2020
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 4, 2020
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy		Mar 9, 2020
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Mar 11, 2020
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Sep 1, 2020
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Sep 11, 2020
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Oct 20, 2020
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Oct 23, 2020

Committees 2

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 28, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 29, 2019
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 28, 2019
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 28, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 29, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House
Mar 28, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E366)
Mar 28, 2019Referred 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.
Mar 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E366, H2907	Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL	Mar 28, 2019

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: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 54, March 28, 2019, page H2917.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 518	Lymphedema Treatment Act	Related bill	Feb 14, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Lymphedema Treatment Act of 2019

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 28, 2019Introduced in House

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