HRES 847
111th Congress
House
Congress
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the…
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jan 13, 2010
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Buchanan. Petition No: 111-9. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
Oct 21, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11521-11522)
Oct 20, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Oct 20, 2009
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any meetings held to determine the final content of sweeping health care legislation be held in public view and not behind closed doors.
What's happening now
Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Buchanan. Petition No: 111-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis9.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
34
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Capito, Shelley Moore
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Smith, Adrian
Griffith, Parker
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Smith, Christopher H.
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Rogers, Harold
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Scalise, Steve
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McClintock, Tom
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Simpson, Michael K.
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Thompson, Glenn
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Carter, John R.
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Foxx, Virginia
R
Cassidy, Bill
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Aderholt, Robert B.
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
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Blackburn, Marsha
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Graves, Sam
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Guthrie, Brett
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McCaul, Michael T.
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Moran, Jerry
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Rogers, Mike D.
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Wilson, Joe
R
Boozman, John
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Calvert, Ken
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Cole, Tom
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Fallin, Mary
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Issa, Darrell
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Jordan, Jim
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Latta, Robert E.
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Lucas, Frank D.
McCarthy, Kevin
R
Sessions, Pete
R
Turner, Michael R.
R
Wittman, Robert J.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 847: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-847/
"H. Res. 847: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-847/.
H. Res. 847, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-847/.
[H. Res. 847: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-847/)