H.R. 33: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
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H.R. 33: Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
118th Congress · introduced 2023-01-09 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2023-01-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
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Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] · 121 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy A. Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), John B. Larson (D-CT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and 61 more.
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] reported raising $471,289 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Official summary
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr33.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr33 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118