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Congressman Michael Burgess from Texas

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Congressman Michael C. Burgess
Republican
Next Election: 2022
Michael C. Burgess
Texas
202-225-7772
District: 26
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Latest Announcements:

May 25 2023 - 12:00 AM

Burgess Votes to Protect Our Communities

May 24 2023 - 12:00 AM

ICYMI: Rep. Burgess Joins The Record with Greta Van Susteren

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Latest Votes:

May 25 2023

Voted Yes On Passage on HR467

HALT Fentanyl Act

May 25 2023

Voted No On Agreeing to the Amendment on HR467

Pettersen of Colorado Amendment No. 3

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Campaign Finance Summary:

Contributions: $1,827,227
Individual $625,291
PAC & SuperPac $1,005,757
Disbursements: $2,102,030
Individual Refunds $19,275
Committee Refunds $1,000
Debts Owed $0
Cash on Hand $142,497

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Recently Sponsored Bills:

hr9378 - Dec 1 2022

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify manufacturer transparency reporting requirements for certain transfers used for educational purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr7995 - Jun 9 2022

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt qualifying physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hres1082 - May 3 2022

Expressing support for the designation of May 2022 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Cosponsors
7

hr7397 - Apr 5 2022

To restart oil and gas leasing and permitting on Federal land, and for other purposes.

House Agriculture Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr7397 - Apr 5 2022

To restart oil and gas leasing and permitting on Federal land, and for other purposes.

House Agriculture Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr7378 - Apr 4 2022

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make permanent the State plan amendment option to provide medical assistance for certain individuals who are patients in certain institutions for mental diseases, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr7357 - Apr 1 2022

To amend title 5, United States Code, to require an executive agency to submit information to any committee of the House of Representatives upon the request of 7 of the members of the committee, and to submit information to any committee of the Senate upon the request of 5 of the members of the committee, if the information relates to any matter under the jurisdiction of the committee, and for other purposes.

House Oversight and Reform Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr7199 - Mar 24 2022

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate pre-pandemic in-office work policies at the Department of the Interior in order to receive certain supplemental emergency relief funds, and for other purposes.

House Natural Resources Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr7084 - Mar 15 2022

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require, for purposes of ensuring cybersecurity, the inclusion in any premarket submission for a cyber device of information to demonstrate a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness throughout the lifecycle of the cyber device, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr6622 - Feb 7 2022

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide clarification with respect to the liability of third party payers for medical assistance paid under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hres876 - Jan 19 2022

Expressing the sense that the process behind Operation Warp Speed should be integrated within operations at the Food and Drug Administration.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr6423 - Jan 19 2022

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

House Budget Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr6146 - Dec 7 2021

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish business tax credits for producing electricity from stranded natural gas and for certain infrastructure relating to stranded gas.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr5612 - Oct 19 2021

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.

House Appropriations Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4511 - Jul 19 2021

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the use of emergency use authorization data and real world evidence gathered during an emergency to support premarket applications for drugs, biological products, and devices, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr4512 - Jul 19 2021

To amend section 416 of title 39, United States Code, to remove the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue semipostals except as provided for by an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

House Oversight and Reform Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4026 - Jun 22 2021

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on actions taken by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to address social determinants of health.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hres359 - Apr 30 2021

Expressing support for the designation of May 2021 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Cosponsors
8

hres17 - Jan 5 2021

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should redirect and target foreign assistance provided to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in a manner that addresses the driving causes of illegal immigration into the United States from such countries, and for other purposes.

House Foreign Affairs Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr9028 - Dec 18 2020

To establish the American Nuclear Leadership Commission, and for other purposes.

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr8505 - Oct 2 2020

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.

House Appropriations Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr8086 - Aug 22 2020

To provide additional appropriations for the public health and social services emergency fund, and for other purposes.

House Budget Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
2

hr7898 - Jul 31 2020

To amend title XXX of the Public Health Services Act to provide for a technical correction to provide the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Service certain authorities with respect to investigations of information blocking, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr6286 - Mar 13 2020

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify rules relating to health savings accounts.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr4870 - Oct 28 2019

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public Health Service Corps.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr4490 - Sep 25 2019

To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.

House Judiciary Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr3644 - Jul 9 2019

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the Independence at Home medical practice demonstration program under the Medicare program.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
3

hr3062 - Jun 3 2019

To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
16

hr6642 - Jul 31 2018

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to sunset the limit on the maximum rebate amount for single source drugs and innovator multiple source drugs.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
0

hres1011 - Jul 23 2018

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 184) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6311) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify the definition of qualified health plan for purposes of the health insurance premium tax credit and to allow individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium copper plan.

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
0

hres1012 - Jul 23 2018

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6199) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses, and providing for proceedings during the period from July 27, 2018, through September 3, 2018.

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
0

hres1011 - Jul 23 2018

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 184) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6311) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify the definition of qualified health plan for purposes of the health insurance premium tax credit and to allow individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium copper plan.

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
0

hres1012 - Jul 23 2018

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6199) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses, and providing for proceedings during the period from July 27, 2018, through September 3, 2018.

House Rules Committee

Cosponsors
0

hr6370 - Jul 13 2018

To provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with the assertion of a United States patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and for other purposes.

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Cosponsors
1

hr6314 - Jul 6 2018

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow bronze and catastrophic plans in connection with health savings accounts.

House Ways and Means Committee

Cosponsors
1