H.R. 3079

Summary

H.R. 3079, the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Apr 29, 2025 by Rep. Michael Rulli (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Apr 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 3079 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 3079 IH: Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-29
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3079  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 29, 2025   Mr. Rulli  (for himself,  Mr. Veasey , and  Mr. Carey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend renewal periods for certain home and community-based services waivers and State plan amendments under the Medicaid program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025  .
2.
Extending renewal periods for certain home and community-based services waivers and State plan amendments under Medicaid
Section 1915 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396n ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c)(3), by inserting  (or, with respect to extensions of waivers beginning on or after the date of the enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, 10-year periods)  after  five-year periods ;
(2)
in subsection (h)(2), by inserting  (or, with respect to extensions of waivers under subsection (c) beginning on or after the date of the enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, 10-year periods)  after  5-year periods ; and
(3)
in subsection (i)(7)(C), by inserting  (or, with respect to renewals of elections beginning on or after the date of the enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, 10-year terms)  after  5-year terms .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Sponsors

Rep. Michael Rulli (R) sponsors H.R. 3079, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Michael Rulli

Rep. · R–OH-6 · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 29, 2025

Mike Carey

Rep. · R–OH-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2025 · Original

Marc Veasey

Rep. · D–TX-33 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2025 · Original

Cliff Bentz

Rep. · R–OR-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 30, 2025

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025

Show 5 of 5 rows

PreviousNext

Committees

H.R. 3079 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Apr 29, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3079 has taken 2 actions since Apr 29, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3079 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3079 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend renewal periods for certain home and community-based services waivers and State plan amendments under the Medicaid program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 29 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3079 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Retirement, Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 29.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3079 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3079’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 3079, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RULLI:H.R. 3079.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII[Page H1728]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com