H.R. 4731: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025

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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025

This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas.

The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2026-FY2032; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law. Additionally, one-third of the positions that are made available under the bill must be allocated to hospitals that are already operating above applicable resident limits.

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.

Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jul 23, 2025).

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2025-07-23Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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Rep. Alma S. Adams D-NC-12
Rep. Pete Aguilar D-CA-33
Rep. Don Bacon R-NE-2
Rep. Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
Rep. Joyce Beatty D-OH-3
Rep. Ami Bera D-CA-6
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop D-GA-2
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici D-OR-1
Rep. Robert P. Bresnahan R-PA-8
Rep. Julia Brownley D-CA-26
Rep. Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
Rep. Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
Rep. Salud O. Carbajal D-CA-24
Rep. Ed Case D-HI-1
Rep. Sean Casten D-IL-6
Rep. Kathy Castor D-FL-14
Rep. Joaquin Castro D-TX-20
Rep. Judy Chu D-CA-28
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
Rep. Steve Cohen D-TN-9
Rep. Herbert C. Conaway D-NJ-3
Rep. J. Luis Correa D-CA-46
Rep. Angie Craig D-MN-2
Rep. Sharice Davids D-KS-3
Rep. Donald G. Davis D-NC-1
Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
Rep. Suzan K. DelBene D-WA-1
Rep. Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
Rep. Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
Rep. Debbie Dingell D-MI-6
Rep. Lloyd Doggett D-TX-37
Rep. Adriano Espaillat D-NY-13
Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick R-PA-1
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher D-TX-7
Rep. Bill Foster D-IL-11
Rep. Lois Frankel D-FL-22
Rep. John Garamendi D-CA-8
Rep. Andrew R. Garbarino R-NY-2
Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García D-IL-4
Rep. Laura Gillen D-NY-4
Rep. Daniel S. Goldman D-NY-10
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez D-TX-34
Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva D-AZ-7
Rep. Josh Harder D-CA-9
Rep. Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose D-PR
Rep. J. French Hill R-AR-2
Rep. James A. Himes D-CT-4
Rep. Steven Horsford D-NV-4
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan D-PA-6
Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson D-IL-1
Rep. Pramila Jayapal D-WA-7
Rep. Julie Johnson D-TX-32
Rep. Robin L. Kelly D-IL-2
Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi D-IL-8
Rep. Nick LaLota R-NY-1
Rep. Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY-23
Rep. George Latimer D-NY-16
Rep. Michael Lawler R-NY-17
Rep. Summer L. Lee D-PA-12
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NM-3
Rep. Mike Levin D-CA-49
Rep. Ted Lieu D-CA-36
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch D-MA-8
Rep. Seth Magaziner D-RI-2
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis R-NY-11
Rep. John W. Mannion D-NY-22
Rep. Doris O. Matsui D-CA-7
Rep. Lucy McBath D-GA-6
Rep. Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
Rep. Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA-4
Rep. Betty McCollum D-MN-4
Rep. Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
Rep. James P. McGovern D-MA-2
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks D-NY-5
Rep. Robert Menendez D-NJ-8
Rep. Grace Meng D-NY-6
Rep. Daniel Meuser R-PA-9
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle D-NY-25
Rep. Kelly Morrison D-MN-3
Rep. Jared Moskowitz D-FL-23
Rep. Seth Moulton D-MA-6
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan D-IN-1
Rep. Kevin Mullin D-CA-15
Rep. Jerrold Nadler D-NY-12
Rep. Donald Norcross D-NJ-1
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY-14
Rep. Ilhan Omar D-MN-5
Rep. Jimmy Panetta D-CA-20
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA-3
Rep. Scott H. Peters D-CA-50
Rep. Brittany Pettersen D-CO-7
Rep. Chellie Pingree D-ME-1
Rep. Mark Pocan D-WI-2
Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MA-7
Rep. Mike Quigley D-IL-5
Rep. Emily Randall D-WA-6
Rep. Josh Riley D-NY-19
Rep. Mike D. Rogers R-AL-3
Rep. Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
Rep. Patrick Ryan D-NY-18
Rep. Linda T. Sánchez D-CA-38
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
Rep. Bradley Scott Schneider D-IL-10
Rep. Hillary J. Scholten D-MI-3
Rep. Kim Schrier D-WA-8
Rep. Lateefah Simon D-CA-12
Rep. Adam Smith D-WA-9
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Rep. Melanie A. Stansbury D-NM-1
Rep. Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
Rep. Haley M. Stevens D-MI-11
Rep. Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
Rep. Eric Swalwell D-CA-15
Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH-13
Rep. Mark Takano D-CA-39
Rep. Claudia Tenney R-NY-24
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson D-MS-2
Rep. Mike Thompson D-CA-4
Rep. Dina Titus D-NV-1
Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
Rep. Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
Rep. Paul Tonko D-NY-20
Rep. Ritchie Torres D-NY-15
Rep. Lori Trahan D-MA-3
Rep. Juan Vargas D-CA-52
Rep. Gabe Vasquez D-NM-2
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY-7
Rep. Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
Rep. James R. Walkinshaw D-VA-11
Rep. George Whitesides D-CA-27
Rep. Joe Wilson R-SC-2
Rep. Ryan K. Zinke R-MT-1