H.R. 5940: Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-11-07 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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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Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025

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Seniors Deserve SMARTER Care Act of 2025

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5940.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

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Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] · 47 cosponsors

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Ami Bera (D-CA), Greg Landsman (D-OH), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Angie Craig (D-MN), Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Emily Randall (D-WA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Lateefah Simon (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Becca Balint (D-VT), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ), James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] reported raising $4.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5940.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5940 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills