I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1943 
To provide funding for Federally qualified health centers and the National 
Health Service Corps. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. 
OMAR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. ADAMS, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON 
of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 
ENGEL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. COX of California, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. BISHOP of 
Georgia, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. LEWIS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CASE, Ms. KUSTER of New 
Hampshire, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LEVIN of California, and 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide funding for Federally qualified health centers 
and the National Health Service Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Health 
Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10503(b)(1) of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b–2(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) $6,189,174,200 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(H) $6,808,091,620 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(I) $7,488,900,782 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(J) $8,237,790,860 for fiscal year 2023; 
and 
‘‘(K) $9,061,569,946 for fiscal year 2024; 
and’’. 
(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise appropriated under section 10503(b) of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b–2(b)), there is authorized to be appropriated, and 
there is appropriated, out of amounts not otherwise obli-
gated, for the community health centers program under 
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section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b) for capital projects, $4,600,000,000 for the period 
of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated under this section shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10503(b)(2) of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b–2(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(H) $935,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(I) $1,028,500,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
‘‘(J) $1,131,350,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
and 
‘‘(K) 
$1,244,485,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Amounts otherwise appropriated 
for National Health Service Corps may not be reduced as 
a result of the appropriations made under this section. 
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