119 hr 5539
POW Priority Care Act of 2025
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Current: Committee
- ✓Introduced / Referred
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Introduced and referred into the legislative process.
- 2Committee
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Referred to or acted on by a committee.
- 3Discharge
Discharge
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- 4Calendar
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- 5Floor
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Considered, passed, agreed to, or otherwise acted on by the chamber.
- 6Resolving Differences
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- 7President
President
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- 8Becomes Law / Vetoed
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The final outcome will show here if the measure becomes law or is vetoed.
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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"constitutionalAuthorityStatementText": "<pre>\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 154 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]\n[House]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href=\"https://www.gpo.gov\">www.gpo.gov</a>]\nBy Mr. WALBERG:\nH.R. 5539.\nCongress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant\nto the following:\nArticle I, Section 8, Clauses 12, 14, and 18 of the\nConstitution of the United States: the authority to raise and\nsupport an army, to make rules for the government and\nregulation of the land and naval forces and to make all laws\nwhich shall be necessary and proper carrying into execution\nthe foregoing powers.\n[Page H4490]\n</pre>"
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