H.R. 3277
119th Congress
House
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act
Official title: To provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services related to the diagnosis and treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
Health
Birth defectsChild healthDental careGovernment studies and investigations
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Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessHome and outpatient careHospital careSurgery and anesthesia
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May 8, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and 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.
May 8, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and 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.
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Committees of jurisdiction
3
Lobbying activity
41
- NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
- DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL, ORAL, AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Education, Dept of
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cosponsors
214
R
Amodei, Mark E.
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
McIver, LaMonica
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Hernández, Pablo Jose
R
Kelly, Mike
D
Trahan, Lori
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
McGarvey, Morgan
D
Ruiz, Raul
D
Kennedy, Timothy M.
R
Moolenaar, John R.
R
Van Duyne, Beth
R
Fuller, Clay
D
Lee, Summer L.
D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
R
Stauber, Pete
D
Whitesides, George
R
Wilson, Joe
R
Allen, Rick W.
D
Grijalva, Adelita S.
D
Bell, Wesley
D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
R
Alford, Mark
D
Latimer, George
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Carson, André
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
R
DesJarlais, Scott
D
Frost, Maxwell
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
R
James, John
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Titus, Dina
D
Underwood, Lauren
R
Bean, Aaron
D
Courtney, Joe
R
King-Hinds, Kimberlyn
D
Moulton, Seth
D
Scholten, Hillary J.
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
I
Kiley, Kevin
R
Valadao, David G.
D
Aguilar, Pete
R
Moylan, James C.
D
Crow, Jason
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
R
Hunt, Wesley
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3277: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3277/
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