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United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019

Introduced: October 28, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 29, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 28, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 28, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019

This bill allows for the deployment of the Ready Reserve Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (Commissioned Corps) to serve in public health emergencies. Certain provisions related to compensation and leave without authority that apply to the Armed Forces shall also apply to officers of the Commissioned Corps or their beneficiaries.

What's happening now October 29, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3548 Related bill CARES Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Mar 27, 2020
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Mar 27, 2020
WALDEN, GREG
· Mar 13, 2020
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Feb 25, 2020
Heck, Denny
· Dec 11, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Nov 19, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4870: United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4870/
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"H.R. 4870: United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4870/.
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H.R. 4870, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4870/.
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