H.R. 2761 · 118th Congress

SPARC Act

Introduced on Apr 20, 2023 by John Joyce (R-PA-13). 11 cosponsors, 8 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 20, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Apr 20, 2023
Cosponsors
11
8 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes.

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

John JoyceR-PA-13Sponsor

Democrats · 8

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Apr 20, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY5 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY5 reports
    $888.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY$307.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.5 reports
  6. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  7. American College of Surgeons5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  9. COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS5 reports
    $868.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS$18M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  10. American Society of Nephrology4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY INCAI match · 100%
  11. THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS4 reports
    $600.7K reported (all issues)
  12. SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY2 reports
  13. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)
  14. American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association1 report
  15. NYU Hospitals Center1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  16. New York University1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$10.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.