H.R. 10616House bill · 119th CongressIn committee

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a repository of certain publicly available data sets.

Sponsored byCliff BentzR-OR-2Introduced Sep 28, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Sep 28, 2026) — on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Natural Resources, 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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dev.oduyaDemoVI-ALvoted Nay9d ago

This looks like it codifies practice that already exists informally. Worth doing — informal practice evaporates when an administration changes.

PurpleDistrictDemoSC-29d ago

Agreed on substance, disagreed on timing. Doing this badly now makes doing it well later harder.

PlainsVoterDemoIL-7voted Nay9d ago

The reporting requirements are the useful part. You can't argue about something nobody is required to measure. Whether that matters depends entirely on the implementation date.

r_castellanoDemoMN-6voted Nay9d ago

I'd like to see the fiscal note before taking a position. The summary is silent on cost, which is normally the whole argument. None of that is settled by the summary.

birch_ledgerDemoLA-2voted Yea9d ago

The reporting requirements are the useful part. You can't argue about something nobody is required to measure. The floor version may not be this version, which is the usual problem.

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