H.R. 2846 · 119th Congress

To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

Introduced on Apr 10, 2025 by Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6). 4 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Apr 10, 2025
Cosponsors
4
2 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

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

Subjects

  • Employee leave
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Health personnel
  • National and community service

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Oct 3, 2025). Public domain.

This bill entitles officers of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps to the same leave benefits provided to officers of the armed forces.

Specifically, the bill expands the leave available to USPHS officers with respect to parental leave, emergency leave, and rest and recuperation leave.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Chrissy HoulahanD-PA-6Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Apr 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Apr 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Apr 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Sep 10, 2025 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  7. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.
  9. Oct 3, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-327.
  10. Oct 3, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-327.
  11. Oct 3, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 280.
  12. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  13. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5661-5662)
  14. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2846.
  15. Sep 15, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
  16. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5661)
  17. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Sep 16, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.

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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.